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Building Low-Code Applications with Mendix

You're reading from   Building Low-Code Applications with Mendix Discover best practices and expert techniques to simplify enterprise web development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800201422
Length 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Bryan Kenneweg Bryan Kenneweg
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Imran Kasam Imran Kasam
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Micah McMullen Micah McMullen
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Basics
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Mendix FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting to Know the Mendix Platform 4. Chapter 3: Getting to Know Mendix Studio 5. Chapter 4: Getting to Know Studio Pro 6. Section 2: Building Your First App
7. Chapter 5: Getting Started with Your Baseline App 8. Chapter 6: Understanding Domain Model Basics 9. Chapter 7: Understanding the Basics of Page Design 10. Chapter 8: Getting to Know Microflows 11. Section 3: Leveling Up Your App
12. Chapter 9: Customizing Your App 13. Chapter 10: Error Handling and Troubleshooting 14. Chapter 11: Storing Data 15. Chapter 12: Getting Some REST 16. Chapter 13: A Review and What's Next 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding basic security and authorization

In any application, security should always be at the forefront when designing and building. This is true when considering which users should be able to access which data and becomes even more important when you begin to expose certain data to the outside world. Thankfully, Mendix makes it really easy to wrap your web services with security. Natively, Mendix offers a few choices when it comes to security. These are as follows:

  • None: Just as the name indicates, no security or authentication is needed. This method should be used very sparingly and perhaps only during the testing phase of development.
  • Username and password: This is often referred to as "basic authorization." This requires the other application or client to pass a valid username and password in the Authorization header of the request.
  • Active session: This is another layer of security that requires the requesting client to have an active session and...
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