JavaScript Security Refreshers

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Free Online Course: JavaScript Security Refreshers provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2 weeks long, 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. JavaScript Security Refreshers is taught by Vladimir de Turckheim.

Overview
  • This course is a Secure Javascript Programming Overview. It gives the student an introduction to JavaScript security and covers important topics like authentication best practices and refreshers on JavaScript, Web browsers and Node.js.

Syllabus
    • Secure JavaScript Programming Overview
      • An exploration of Java and its runtime environments. In this course, we will cover some base concepts of JavaScript and its runtime environments. We will start by doing a few refreshers on the languages and its history; then we will look at an overview of web browsers and Node.js as JavaScript runtimes.
    • Authentication Best Practices
      • This course explores web authentication and best practices. Here, we will go through refreshers on authentication and a bit of cryptography. We will cover the case of cookies and non-cookies-based front-end authentication. We will also cover best practices in term of front-end identity management.