Description

An authentication system will be implemented using Django's authentication support tools provided in django.contrib.auth. This will be a full-stack implementation. A form will be provided for the user to enter his/her information on the browser. After an HTTPS request is made to the back-end, the user will either be granted access (and a session is created), or receive a message warning that the credentials were incorrect.

Acceptance Criteria

• Users should be able to log in to the system using proper credentials created using strong password rules
• Wrong credentials should result in an error message
• Upon login, users should be redirected to a proper page
• A successful login should maintain session across different pages

Testing Criteria

For testing purposes, a few users will be added to the database. Then, logins attempts will be made with:

• correct credentials
• right user name and wrong password
• wrong username

Also, you should make sure that users cannot access credentials-protected pages by simply entering the proper URLs (without a previous login)

User Story
As a user I want to register for an account.

Description
A user registration component will be created that displays a registration form for the user to enter their info for account creation. Upon submission, it will make a call to our webAPI and create a new user account that will be stored in our MongoDB database. The front end form will check that appropriate fields are filled out before allowing for submission. It will then check if the username is already taken by another account on the database. If it's not taken, a new user account is created, added to the database, a message is shown to the user stating account creation is successful, and they will be redirected to a login page. If the username is already taken, they are given an error message and redirected back to the user registration page.

Acceptance Criteria

• New users should be able to register for a new account
• Creating an account with a pre-existing username results in an error message
• User is redirected to login page upon successful account creation

Testing
For testing purposes, we will attempt to add 2 new users to the database:

• Try to submit the registration form with empty fields, should get an error message
• Register a user properly and show new user added into MongoDB
• Try to create another account with the same username, we should now get an error message

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User Story
As a user should be able to navigate to home page

Description
Project should be in a state where a user can navigate to home page and home page main layout should be completed (functionality to be added in future tickets)

Acceptance Criteria

• User should be able to navigate to home page
• layout/ features should be clickable (function to be added in future ticket)

Testing

• Able to load home page
• Clickable elements are clickable (functions not added yet)

As a faculty, I would like to be able to authenticate into the system so that I will be able to add students to the database.
This will require a number of tasks to be performed:

• Create database models for different types of users (possibly modify Django's user models)
• Use Django authentication tools at the back-end
• Create forms and JavaScript calls to perform AJAX authentication requests without requiring unnecessary page reloads.