Summary

Security is a very important part of any application and needs to be carefully handled. As each application and its requirements are different due to the ways of authentication, like form-based or basic; the developers need to wisely make a decision on which one to use. In this chapter, we have seen URL-based, as well as method-based, ways to provide security. The users with their assigned roles can be configured in the XML. We also saw how to use databases to configure the authentication information. Sometimes the user uses the application frequently and may not want to log in each time they access the application. We also covered remember me functionality to take away the burden of login. We also saw how to use logout in the application.

In the next chapter, we will be covering problems during the versioning of an application, problems for collaborating on the application when it's been distributed among the team members. We will also configure the software which provides versioning...