What is the best way to manage session variables in Node.js? Is there any library?
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Donald's answer is good - once you get into the onion pattern of connect middleware you have to make a decision on what type of session store to use. The default one in express is a MemoryStore, and is not intended for production use. Here are some of your choices:
Mongo https://github.com/mikkel/express-session-mongo - Be sure to use the option 'native_parser:false'
Redis https://github.com/visionmedia/connect-redis - Very good, but if you aren't already using redis for pub/sub or storage it might not be ideal.
Note, there are other choices - it depends on your project. Look for something you can introduce leveraging your existing technology stack.
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