There is a major security concern when it comes to displaying text provided by a user. Ruby on Rails does a good job of keeping your MySQL code sanitized, but web browsers are still a source of concern. It is VERY easy for a hacker to write HTML or JavaScript into a text field. You [...]
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Some non-novice reading
When I was a student, I loved going through the programming books at Chapters. It is a great way of seeing what’s out there, and learning a bit of everything. Staying up on the latest tools is important, and everybody is always in a rush to write about the newest, over-hyped (sometimes useful) computer language.
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