Welcome to our tutorial on building a secure web application! In this video, we explore the four essential pillars of robust app security: Authentication, Authorization, Auditing, and Administration. Follow along as we build the backend for a fictitious Temasek Polytechnic CCA club using Node.js. We will guide you step-by-step through initializing your server, installing critical dependencies like Express.js, Mongoose, bcrypt, and jsonwebtoken, and troubleshooting common SSL installation errors. Finally, we demonstrate how to deploy a free cloud database using MongoDB Atlas, configure network access, and securely connect your database to your Node.js application using environment variables
