Authenticating Application Users with Okta in JavaScript

Course Overview

This course provides an overview of how to authenticate application users with Okta in JavaScript. Participants will learn about Okta organizations and their management, as well as how to use Okta as the user store for single-page applications and sign users in with a practical example. By the end of the course, participants will have a working knowledge of Okta organizations, their URLs, and how to manage them, as well as hands-on experience with Okta as the user store for a single-page application and user sign-in. They will also gain the ability to use React to log in to an application with an Okta-hosted sign-in page. Prerequisites for this course include familiarity with Okta, its use cases and data model.

[Applications]
After this course, participants should be able to apply their knowledge of Okta organizations and their management to authenticate application users with Okta in JavaScript. They should also have a working knowledge of Okta organizations, their URLs, and how to manage them, as well as hands-on experience with Okta as the user store for a single-page application and user sign-in. Additionally, participants should be able to use React to log in to an application with an Okta-hosted sign-in page.

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