Wasp Auth: New Authentication For Your React/Nextjs App ✨

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Wasp Auth allow you to rock on a Full-stack auth for your React/Next.js app in no time, all based on a simple config!

Let's see what's new ✨

Wasp recently released enhancements to its authentication system making it even more poweful and simpler to use for React developers. Let's take a look at what's new and how to leverage it.

Key Features✨

The updated Wasp Auth system provides:

Built-in support for common auth flows like email/password, social logins with Google/GitHub etc out of the box. No need to setup and configure third party libraries.
Protect routes automatically by setting authRequired: true. Only logged in users can access these protected pages.
Centralized user object available everywhere for authentication check. Easy front-end conditional rendering based on auth status.
Signup customization allows adding extra fields to signup process and customizing signup form UI.
Centralized state management with React Context and Hooks. Removes need for external state management libraries.
Validation handling for common cases but also support for custom validations.

Integrating In A React App 🛠

Setting up authentication in a React app with Wasp is pretty straightforward:

1. Configure Auth Methods ⚙

In your main.wasp file, specify the user entity and enabled auth methods under the auth field. For example:

app MyApp {
  auth: {
    userEntity: User
    methods: {
      email: {},
      google: {} 
    }
  }
}

2. Protect Routes 🔐

Set authRequired: true for routes that need authentication. Wasp will redirect unauthorized users.

3. Access User Object

In React components, use the useAuth() hook or user prop (if passed from protected page) to conditionally show UI based on auth status.

4. Build Auth Screens 💻

Use the generated Auth UI components like SignupForm or build custom screens leveraging the auth context/actions.

5. Customize As Needed 😊

Ensure your user entity matches requirements, add extra signup fields, customize validations etc.

Wasp handles everything else!

Pros ✔

Simple integration. Covers common cases out of box.
Centralizes auth state. Removes external dependencies.
Automatically protects routes and redirects users.
Signup customization allows capturing additional user data.
Uniform API surface across backend and frontend.

Cons ❌

Less configurable than standalone libraries. Some customization still needed.
Adds dependency on Wasp framework overall.

In summary

Wasp Auth is a very developer friendly way to add full-featured authentication to React apps with minimal configuration needed. Great for basic to intermediate use cases.

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