Secure Your Node.js Web Application

Preface

Building an application is a bit like constructing a house—you need to have a decent understanding of what you’re building. You have to lay a solid foundation and add all the features such as walls, roof, windows, and doors to make the house. To extend the metaphor further, you also want to install locks on your house to keep the weirdos from coming in and wrecking the place. A lock fixed with a few pieces of bubblegum is not as effective as one attached to the door with stainless steel screws. Similarly, you need to know where you can build strong locks in your application. This book shows you how to create strong locks for your Node.js web application to keep out attackers.

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