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Articles tagged sign-in-widget

Unlock the Secrets of a Custom Sign-In Page with Tailwind and JavaScript

Unlock the Secrets of a Custom Sign-In Page with Tailwind and JavaScript

We recommend redirecting users to authenticate via the Okta-hosted sign-in page powered by the Okta Identity Engine (OIE) for your custom-built applications. It’s the most secure method for authenticating. You don’t have to manage credentials in your code and can take advantage of the strongest authentication factors without requiring any code changes. The Okta Sign-In Widget (SIW) built into the sign-in page does the heavy lifting of supporting the authentication factors required by your organization....

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Stretch Your Imagination and Build a Delightful Sign-In Experience

Stretch Your Imagination and Build a Delightful Sign-In Experience

When you choose Okta as your IAM provider, one of the features you get access to is customizing your Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget (SIW), which is our recommended method for the highest levels of identity security. It’s a customizable JavaScript component that provides a ready-made login interface you can use immediately as part of your web application. The Okta Identity Engine (OIE) utilizes authentication policies to drive authentication challenges, and the SIW supports various authentication factors,...

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How to Build a Website With Eleventy

How to Build a Website With Eleventy

11ty is a fantastic tool for quickly creating static sites using a variety of templating languages. 11ty makes designing and developing static sites simple. It supports HTML, Markdown, JavaScript, Nunjucks, Handlebars, and many other template styles, along with built-in support for layouts, pagination, and slugify. 11ty aims to compete against other frameworks such as Jekyll, Hugo, Hexo, Gatsby, and Nuxt. The framework is indeed as simple and powerful as its creators claim. This tutorial will...

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Build a React Application with User Authentication in 15 Minutes

React has quickly become one of the most favored front-end web frameworks, and is second only to plain old HTML5, according to JAXenter. So it’s no surprise that developers are learning it, and employers are asking for it. In this tutorial, you’ll start with a very simple React app with a couple of pages and some routing built in, and add authentication using Okta’s Sign-In Widget. The Sign-In Widget is an embeddable Javascript widget that...

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Build an Angular App with Okta's Sign-In Widget in 15 Minutes

AngularJS reigned as king of JavaScript MVC frameworks for several years. However, when the Angular team announced they would not provide backwards compatibility for their next version, there was a bit of a stir in its community, giving opportunities for frameworks like React and Vue.js to flourish. Fast forward a few years and both Angular 2 and Angular 4 have been released. Many developers are trying its TypeScript and finding the experience a pleasant one....

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