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Identity for Developers

A practical learning path for developers who need to implement identity in their applications. Covers protocols, tokens, provisioning, and hands-on implementation with open-source tools.

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Glossary Term

Identity Providers and How They Work

Understand what identity providers do and how your application integrates with them.

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OAuth 2.0 for Developers

Learn the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework from a developer's perspective.

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OpenID Connect for Application Authentication

Understand how to use OIDC to authenticate users in web and mobile applications.

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Working with JWTs

Learn to create, validate, and secure JSON Web Tokens in your applications.

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SCIM for Automated Provisioning

Understand how to implement SCIM endpoints for automated user provisioning in SaaS applications.

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Secure Session Management

Learn best practices for managing user sessions securely in your applications.

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Securing Your APIs

Apply identity concepts to protect your APIs from unauthorized access and abuse.

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Book

Read: Solving Identity Management in Modern Applications

Get the definitive developer-friendly guide to identity management concepts and implementation.

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Book

Read: Keycloak IAM for Modern Applications

Get hands-on with an open-source identity provider and implement real-world IAM scenarios.

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Book

Read: OAuth 2 in Action

Build every component of an OAuth 2 system from scratch with practical code examples.

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Path Complete

You will have a solid understanding of identity for developers after completing all steps.