Feature: Custom sign-in page for NextAuth sign-ins + General NextAuth Changes

[alexng353]

https://next-auth.js.org/configuration/pages

Discussion:

• [x] What providers should we support (Discord, Google, etc)

  1. Google
  2. Discord

  3. Microsoft

     With the rest to be added later. i. Email & Password ii. Twitter iii. Instagram iv. Facebook v. PassKey

Tasks:

• [ ] Design - needs volunteer
• [ ] Writing Frontend - needs volunteer
• [ ] Adding Providers to NextAuth, linking NextAuth to backend - @alexng353

Comment beneath this post if you're interested in creating this page

[alexng353]

Proposals for alternate providers (with reasons)

1. Passkey (high security passwordless alternative, mostly my opinion)
2. Microsoft (a lot of schools have school microsoft accounts)
3. Email & Password (for obvious reasons)
4. twitter/instagram/facebook (common social media platforms that we can assume people will have)

I don't know how many providers is optimal

[AlokSwaminathan]

I think Google is a must, discord is probably fine because it's so easy to set up, and email & password is also probably a must for maximum reach.

The issue is for email and password, with NextAuth at least (as far as I am aware), is that we have to deal with encryption (hashing, salting, etc...) on our own, which is probably not worth the effort to begin with, so it can most likely be added later.

[alexng353]

I think Google is a must, discord is probably fine because it's so easy to set up, and email & password is also probably a must for maximum reach.

Just going to go for Google, Microsoft, and Discord for now. Google & Microsoft (Outlook) would be the most common accounts that students are provided, and Discord because... AP-Students is a Discord server