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Protected routes (auth example)

Protected routes (auth example)

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Protected routes (auth example)

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In this session, we'll explore the world of protected routes in React, using a practical authentication example. You'll learn how to secure specific routes within your application so that only authenticated users can access them. This is a crucial aspect of web development for safeguarding user data and ensuring a smooth user experience. Let's start where we left off in the previous session. Let's create the context folder inside src and add AuthContext.jsx to manage authentication state globally. Moving to AuthContext.jsx Let's start building our authentication context. I am importing necessary hooks from React, CreateContext, StateUse, and UseEffect. These will help us manage and persist the authentication state. I am creating the AuthContext using CreateContext function. This allows us to share the authentication state across our application without prop drilling. Here I am adding the AuthProvider component. This will wrap our application and provide the authentication state to all…

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