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Head Rush Ajax
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Head Rush Ajax

by Brett McLaughlin
March 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
448 pages
13h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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these pages will self destruct...
Sure, SQL injection affects people like Frank
and Anne, who work with the Break Neck
PHP, more than it does the asynchronous
JavaScript programmers. But if something
goes wrong, you better believe that you’re
still going to hear about it!
Besides, with just a little bit of extra
JavaScript, you can really help make your
app more secure. Validation protects
everyone, not just the server-side guys.
It’s still your web application
Wait a second... so this is really a
server-side problem? Why should I have
to write more JavaScript if I didn’t cause
the problem in the rst place?
Validation
protects your
web app from
hackers. You
should
always validate
user input.
Q:
I’m totally lost on all this PHP
stuff. I thought this was a book on
asynchronous programmg!
a: It’s OK if you don’t really
understand PHP. In fact, lots of
programmers handle the JavaScript code
on a web app, and then work with an
entirely different group of people for the
server-side part of the application.
The main thing you need to know is that
things can go wrong on the server.
Q:
So if I don’t understand what’s
going on, what’s the point of knowing
about SQL injection in the first place?
a: All you need to know is that things
can go wrong... and that most of the time,
things will go wrong. Now, you can talk
your server-side guys, and help make
sure nobody is getting your customer’s
add ...
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