Simple User Authentication in React
In 2019, it’s quite easy to find React components for pretty much everything. For example, if you want to add user authentication to your app, you can do so easily with Okta’s React component. Here I’ll walk you through creating a simple, fun React app that fetches random Chuck Norris jokes. I’ll then show you how you can add user authentication and customize your user experience, so the jokes will replace Chuck Norris’ name with...
Migrate Your Spring Boot App to the Latest and Greatest Spring Security and OAuth 2.0
Spring Boot 1.5.x made it easier than ever before to integrate Spring Security with OAuth 2.0 into your application. Spring Boot 2.1.x dials it up to 11 by making OpenID Connect a first class citizen in the stack. In this post, you start with Spring Boot 1.5.19 and Spring Security 4.2.x. You integrate it with Okta’s OAuth service. From there, you move onto Spring Boot 2.1.3 and Spring Security 5.1. You’ll see how integrating with...
Use Schematics with React and Add OpenID Connect Authentication in 5 Minutes
Developers love to automate things. It’s what we do for a living for the most part. We create programs that take the tediousness out of tasks. I do a lot of presentations and live demos. Over the past year, I’ve noticed that some of my demos have too many steps to remember. I’ve written them down in scripts, but I’ve recently learned it’s much cooler to automate them with tools powered by Schematics! Schematics is...
Build Spring Microservices and Dockerize Them for Production
In this post, you’ll learn about microservices architecture and how to implement it using Spring Boot. After creating some projects with the technique, you will deploy the artifacts as Docker containers and will simulate a container orchestrator (such as Kubernetes) using Docker Compose for simplification. The icing on the cake will be authentication integration using Spring Profiles; you will see how to enable it with a production profile. But first, let’s talk about microservices. Note:...
Build a CRUD App with Angular and Firebase
Storage as a Service (SaaS) is becoming ever more popular with many businesses. The advantages are clear. Instead of maintaining your own backend server you can outsource the service to a different provider. This can result in a significant increase in productivity, as well as a reduction in development and maintenance costs. In addition, the worry about server security is offloaded to the storage provider. SaaS is an option whenever the server part of your...
Devnexus 2019: Join the <dev/>olution
Hello, Developers! Have you ever been to the wonderful conference known as Devnexus? I attended for the first time two years ago and had a blast! It’s well organized, affordable, and has a diverse and fun crowd. This year, Okta is sponsoring Devnexus and we have a number of speakers sharing their wisdom. I thought it’d be fun to write a blog post that highlights my team members and what they’ll be talking about. If...
i18n in Java 11, Spring Boot, and JavaScript
What are i18n and l10n? Internationalization (i18n) is the process of making your application capable of rendering its text in multiple languages. Localization (l10n) means your application has been coded in such a way that it meets language, cultural, or other requirements of a particular locale. These requirements can include formats for date, time, and currency, as well as symbols, icons, and colors, among many other things. i18n enables l10n. Why is i18n and l10n...
The Basics of JavaScript Generators
JavaScript does a pretty good job of iterating over collections. But what if you don’t know what the collection is, or how big it will be? What if the thing you want to iterate over doesn’t have an iterator to use? JavaScript generators can help! What Are JavaScript Generators? JavaScript generators are just ways to make iterators. They use the yield keyword to yield execution control back to the calling function and can then resume...
Build a Reactive App with Spring Boot and MongoDB
Reactive apps allow you to scale better if you’re dealing with lots of streaming data. They’re non-blocking and tend to be more efficient because they’re not tying up processing while waiting for stuff to happen. Reactive systems embrace asynchronous I/O. The concept behind asynchronous I/O is straightforward: alleviate inefficient resource utilization by reclaiming resources that would otherwise be idle as they waited for I/O activity. Asynchronous I/O inverts the normal design of I/O processing: the...
Spring Boot with PostgreSQL, Flyway, and JSONB
Note: In May 2025, the Okta Integrator Free Plan replaced Okta Developer Edition Accounts, and the Okta CLI was deprecated. We preserved this post for reference, but the instructions no longer work exactly as written. Replace the Okta CLI commands by manually configuring Okta following the instructions in our Developer Documentation. In this tutorial, you are going to learn more about PostgreSQL and how to integrate it with a Spring Boot application. You will learn...