Learn Web Security | Writing Secure Web Applications

Learn to build secure web applications that don't get hacked

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Course Instructor: Mehul Mohan

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What's in the course?

6 video lectures
1 hands-on-keyboard exercise
4 quiz exams
GPT-4 level AI assistance

Course Outcomes

Learning the fundamentals of web and browser security model
Understanding importance of web security
Understanding most common vulnerabilities on frontend
Understanding most common vulnerabilities on backend
Writing secure code that doesn't get you and your users hacked

Course Structure

14 lectures • 1h 4m total duration

Cross Site Scripting Attacks

13min

Quiz

1min

Content Security Policy

9min

Quiz

1min

httpOnly Cookie

4min

XSS Demo

4min

Quiz

1min

XSS Practice Labs

5min

About This Course

Welcome to web security course on codedamn. In this course, we'll learn about how to write secure web applications on frontend and backend where you and your users don't get hacked. Some of the things which we'll cover in this course:

Why web security is important
Potential attacks on frontend and backend systems
Storing passwords the right way
Sanitizing user input on frontend and backend
How to assess security of an existing system
Best practicies when handling untrusted data

Learning web security is one of the most important topics of full-stack web development, because without a secure web app, you expose your product and company to attackers and malicious users.

A must have course for people trying to build secure web apps.

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This course is interactive

Interactive courses include hands-on coding exercises to practice as you learn. You practice exercises in a VS Code like IDE without any installation/setup.