About This Course

About this course

This course is designed to teach the best practices for securing frontend applications. This course covers various topics, including authentication and authorization, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), and other common security vulnerabilities.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn about the different types of attacks that can be carried out against frontend applications, as well as the techniques and tools that can be used to prevent these attacks. You’ll also gain hands-on experience working with different security tools and frameworks, such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10, but most importantly, we’ll learn how to implement security measures in real-world applications.

What will you learn?

• What are the dangers of exploits, and how to protect web applications from them?

• How to spot and secure our application from Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks?

• What Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities are, and how to protect Web Applications from them?

• What is spoofing, and how to make sure we don’t code spoofing vulnerabilities in our applications?

• What are practical examples of each vulnerability in different frameworks (Vue, Angular, React, and Vanilla JS)?

• How do we protect our personal computers from common scams and hackers?

Intended audience and prerequisites

This course is designed for developers and engineers familiar with front-end development, especially JavaScript. While mastery of any given framework like Vue.js, Angular, or React is not required, some basic knowledge of syntax and popular features is recommended.

Road map

We’ll start with an introduction to the following core concepts of this course:

1. Exploits

2. XSS

3. CSRF

4. Spoofing

After that, we will explore each concept in separate chapters and understand their various applications across all JavaScript frameworks. We’ll work through Vue, Angular, React, and even Vanilla JavaScript exercises to ensure a comprehensive understanding of each concept.

Finally, in the last chapter, we’ll cover how to prevent common scams targeting developers, emphasize the importance of constant vigilance, and provide guidance in recognizing potential threats to avoid hacking.