When using JSON web tokens in your application, it’s required to have at least a secret key. Using a secret key comes with a simple setup. The downside here, you must share the secret between the parties interacting with the JWT. Going one step further, you could create and …
Continue ReadingA JSON Web Key (JWK) is an important piece in the JWT universe because it represents a cryptographic key using a JSON data structure. Each JWK is represented by key-value pairs, like a typical JavaScript object but in JSON format. Additionally, the JSON Web Key Set is a JSON object …
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All the previous tutorials in this series on JSON web tokens used a secret or private key in combination with a signing algorithm to create a token’s signature. But in contrast, the JWT specification also allows unsigned tokens. This supports use cases where a token’s content is secured …
Continue ReadingYou’re automatically using claims when using JWTs in your application. JWT Claims are an important piece in the JSON web token specification. Claims represent the data you’re storing inside the JWT. A JWT claim set is the JWT payload consisting of more than one key-value-pair. Imagine a JWT …
Continue ReadingIn the previous two tutorials, you've learned how to set up custom fonts on Android the modern way. Either as fixed font style (such as Noto Serif bold) or as font family (such as Noto serif in several weights). However, so far you've only used XML designs to configure app …
Continue ReadingIn the last tutorial, we've explored the modern way of implementing custom fonts on Android. However, it broke the support for dynamically changing the font style and weights (for example, bold or italic). In this tutorial, we'll fix this drawback and configure a font family with different styles. {{outline}} {{video} …
Continue ReadingIn today's competitive app market on Google Play, a beautiful, polished app is necessary to be successful. Custom fonts are an important element of taking an app to the next level and distinct yourselves from the mass. We discussed this in our first tutorials on how to implement custom fonts …
Continue ReadingTravis CI is a sophisticated continuous integration and deployment service. It integrates with GitHub and runs tests on events like commits or pull requests. {{outline}} {{video}} At this point, we published two hapi plugins. Testing both plugins is an essential part of our development flow to know they are mature …
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