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KnockoutJS by Example

By : Adnan Jaswal
Book Image

KnockoutJS by Example

By: Adnan Jaswal

Overview of this book

KnockoutJS By Example is a project-based guide that introduces the key features and concepts of knockout.js. It helps you create an application skeleton and a Hello World application. You will develop a To-Do list application that aims to show the basic features of knockout.js in action, such as data binding and observables, following which you will develop a dynamic online customer registration form that captures and validates customer information. This book will further walk you through developing a customer banking portal, which demonstrates the use of knockout.js with components such as navigation bars, tabs, carousels, master details view, panels, forms, and wizards. You will also discover how to use token-based authentication and authorization to secure the customer banking portal, and move on to creating an editable products grid with CRUD operations. Finally, you will explore how to use the Google Maps API with knockout.js. KnockoutJS By Example will not only leave you with a basic understanding of knockout.js fundamentals but also take you through some of the advanced features. It will help you get a web application up and ready instantly.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
KnockoutJS by Example
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 7. Securing the Customer Banking Portal

The customer banking portal, developed so far in the last two chapters, has the features the stakeholders at MyBank were looking for. Before we can go live with the portal, the CIO of MyBank wants the users of the portal to be authenticated using their username and password as credentials. We will continue with our iterative approach and implement the following user stories:

  • As a member, I want to be able to login to customer banking portal using my authentication credentials

  • As a member, I want to be informed if validation errors occur

  • As a member, I want to be informed if an authentication error occurs

  • As a member, I want to know who the logged in user is

  • As a member, I want to be able to log out of the customer banking portal

This chapter is the third in the series on building a customer banking portal. It picks up the development from where we left it in the previous chapter and adds new features listed here. In this chapter, we will secure the...