Summary of "MERN Authentication App with JWT (and TypeScript)"

The YouTube video tutorial focuses on building a MERN Authentication App with JWT and TypeScript. The tutorial covers various aspects of authentication, including creating a new account, verifying email, managing sessions, resetting passwords, and handling token expiration. The video explains the flow of authentication, token validation, and token refreshment in the app.

Key points covered in the tutorial include:

Building routes, controllers, services, models, error handling, and utility functions
Setting custom properties in TypeScript
Implementing user login functionality, user menu, log out functionality, user pages, and session management
Using React and Chakra UI for the frontend, and Express, MongoDB, and TypeScript for the backend
Sending verification emails using SendGrid
Implementing rate limits for sending emails
Creating verification codes for password resets
Clearing query cache and redirecting users to the login page
Using short-lived access tokens for security purposes