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Published inOct 2023
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Olatunde Adedeji
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Olatunde Adedeji

Olatunde Adedeji is a seasoned web developer with over 15 years of experience in developing dynamic and detail-oriented enterprise web applications. Along with his extensive experience in developing, maintaining and supporting mobile, web and enterprise applications in Python, Go and JavaScript, Olatunde has consistently delivered excellent services, as team lead, team member or in consultancy capacity. Olatunde is proficient in application design and solution blueprinting; including mastery of application development tools such as: Flask, Django, Gin, React, and NodeJS. When not weaving the web and playing chess, Olatunde spends time with his wife, Adedoyin and two daughters, Mitchelle and Mabel.
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Identifying system users and managing their information

In most web applications, users are identified by a unique identifier such as a username or email address. Typically, in a Flask application, you can use a database to store user information, such as usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords.

When a user attempts to log in, the entered credentials (username and password) are compared to the information stored in the database. If the entered credentials match, the user is authenticated, and a session is created for that user. In Flask, you can use the built-in session object to store and retrieve user information.

By using sessions, you can easily identify users in a Flask web application and retrieve information about them. However, it’s important to note that sessions are vulnerable to session hijacking attacks. So, it’s essential to use secure session management techniques such as regenerating session IDs after login and using secure cookies.

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Olatunde Adedeji

Olatunde Adedeji is a seasoned web developer with over 15 years of experience in developing dynamic and detail-oriented enterprise web applications. Along with his extensive experience in developing, maintaining and supporting mobile, web and enterprise applications in Python, Go and JavaScript, Olatunde has consistently delivered excellent services, as team lead, team member or in consultancy capacity. Olatunde is proficient in application design and solution blueprinting; including mastery of application development tools such as: Flask, Django, Gin, React, and NodeJS. When not weaving the web and playing chess, Olatunde spends time with his wife, Adedoyin and two daughters, Mitchelle and Mabel.
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