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# Developer Resources

Guides, white papers, articles, and videos that explore authentication standards and protocols for a technical audience.

## Developer Guides

* [Application Integration Guide](application_integration_guide/index.html)

  This guide walks you through considerations for application developers to enable SSO for their applications.

* [Federated SSO Primer](federated_sso_primer/index.html)

  Learn what developers need to consider before integrating SSO for applications.

* [JWT and JOSE](dev_jwt_jose_overview.html)

  JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and the JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) collection of standards provide a concise model for representing claims in a token and the signing and encryption of those tokens.

* [OAuth 2.0](oauth_20_developer_guide/index.html)

  This guide highlights developer (application and API) issues when modifying code to support OAuth 2.0.

* [OpenID Connect 1.0](openid_connect_developer_guide/index.html)

  A developer-focused overview of the OpenID Connect protocol.

* [SCIM 1.1](scim_11_developer_guide/index.html)

  This technical guide for the SCIM 1.1 protocol includes information about the SCIM components, schema, and operations.

## Additional Resources

* [OAuth: How it Works](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/articles/oauth.html)

* [OpenID Connect: How It Works](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/articles/openid-connect.html)

* [SAML: How it Works](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/articles/saml.html)

* [SCIM: How it Works](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/articles/scim.html)

* [White Paper: SAML 101](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/white-papers/2014/saml-101.html)

- [The Essential OAuth Primer](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/white-papers/2014/oauth-primer.html)

- [OpenID Connect for Enterprise](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/white-papers/2014/openid-connect.html)

- [A Primer on SCIM](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/white-papers/2014/a-primer-on-scim.html)

- [Video: SAML 101](https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/client-library/videos/2014/saml-101.html)