Preface

Security issues arise from both server and client weaknesses. In this book, you will learn the basics of these security weaknesses, how to recognize them, and how to prevent them.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, JavaScript and the Web, provides a broad overview of the role of JavaScript in the Web. You will learn that JavaScript, besides giving behavior to web pages, can do a lot more today. JavaScript is now not only used on the client side, but also on the server side. JavaScript is almost the de facto standard way to create delightful experiences on the Web.

Chapter 2, Secure Ajax RESTful APIs, touches upon using JavaScript in tandem with RESTful APIs. We will learn how to make basic GET and POST calls to an endpoint. Subsequently, ...

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