Chapter 10. Working with Accounts
In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
- Implementing OAuth accounts packages
- Customizing the accounts login
- Performing two-factor authentication
Introduction
Critical to nearly every application we build is some type of authentication and user identification. Usually, we will spend days and weeks developing an accounts system, when we could spend that time programming our app. Meteor solves this problem, and solves it well. From integrations with major OAuth providers (Twitter, Google, Facebook, etc.) to a simple, secure password-based system, adding accounts and authentication inside of your Meteor app is quick and painless. The recipes in this chapter will cover the most important aspects of Meteor's accounts packages, enabling you to easily take care of user accounts and move on to other things.
Implementing OAuth accounts packages
Today, there are so many popular authentication services available, with such large user bases,...
