Related Concepts

• Request: Message sent to a server with the information of an action this has to do. It comes from the user or another server

• Response: Message sent from server with the answer to a respective request

• Framework: Collection of premade code that easily allows a developer to include common features that a website would require

• AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript And XML, method for sending and receiving network data in a web application background without interfering with changing the current web page

• robots.txt: Document that tells search engines which pages are and aren't allowed to show or ban on their search engine results

• sitemap.xml: List of every file the website owner wishes to be listed on a search engine

• Favicon: Small icon displayed in the browser's address bar or tab

• VCS: Version Control System, an application that tracks files of a project or website

• Cookies: Small pieces of data that are stored on a computer to remind the web server of information about the client

• Fuzzing: Use brute forcing for enumeration to get hidden files, directories, and paths from a website

• RCE: Remote Code Execution, capacity of execution commands on the server of an application

• Pipeline: Consists of a chain of processing elements arranged so that the output of each element is the input of the next one

• CI/CD: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, is the process by which code goes through from the development machine, the testing and preparation phases until reaches the hands of the users

• Uploaded File Exploits: When a server-side app allows uploading files that can be executed through the web app

• CMS: Content Management System, is a software platform that allows users to create, manage, and modify digital content on websites without needing extensive technical knowledge

• Client-Side App: Most of the logic of the app is written in JavaScript and resides in the web browser rather than in the server

• Transpiling: Process of converting one coding language into another (normally to JavaSacript)

• Source Map: This shows the original source files that have been transpiled

• API: Application Programming Interfaces, let apps communicate, transmit data, and manage requests more easily

• Minification: Process of removing all unnecessary characters from the source code, shortening variables, and other actions, to optimize the file size

• SSL: Secure Sockets Layer, is a security protocol developed to establish secure, encrypted connections between a client and a server

• Code signing: Involves adding a digital signature to software and applications to verify that the application, operating system, or any software has not been modified since it was signed