I'm a naive web developer who is trying to build a small web application using Node.js and React.js. Currently I'm stuck at session handling for the chosen technology stack. I have seen some examples(One example : https://github.com/rdegges/svcc-auth ) which use Node.js for the back end and Jade template engine for the front end. In such applications, sessions are being handled only the server side. I'm facing difficulties in doing the same thing with Node.js and React.js combination because I'm handling the routing on the client side using react router.

I'm a bit confused about session handling in web applications. So, I wanted to know what a typical session handling architecture looks like in web applications and what is the correct way (best way) to implement this for Node.js + React.js combination.

Any links/resources/comments are highly appreciated.