Creating user sessions with cookies
A session maintains the state of a user’s interactions with a web application across multiple requests. Sessions track information such as user authentication credentials, shopping cart contents, color scheme preferences, and other user-specific data. In this section, we will use Remix’s session cookie helpers to create a login and signup flow in BeeRich.
One way to manage sessions is via cookies. Cookies contain small pieces of data and are appended to both document and fetch requests, making them a great way to handle user sessions, personalization, and tracking. Additionally, cookies can be encrypted to securely carry user credentials without client access.
Cookies are part of the HTTP protocol and enable persisting information in the otherwise stateless HTTP protocol. Where URL search parameters are visible to the user and can be bookmarked and shared, cookie data can be encrypted and are then only accessible on the server...
