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Oct 9, 20182 min readArchived

OAuth 2.0 with Node JS

In this blog post I will be writing how you could make use of OAuth2.0 to build a simple web application to view some of your GitHub profile statistics.

oauth

nodejs

javascript

Oct 4, 20184 min readArchived

Synchronizer Token Pattern in NodeJS

In this blog post, I will be writing about a method that could be used to prevent a CSRF attack.

Oct 4, 20183 min readArchived

Double Submit Cookie pattern in NodeJS

In my previous blog post I wrote about a method that could be used to prevent CSRF attacks. As promised, here I am with another write up about another pattern that could be used to prevent CSRF attacks.

Jan 27, 20182 min readArchived

Setting up CI/CD with TravisCI and Heroku

It's been a while since I wrote my last blog post. Having some free time at work, I thought this would be a great time to start writing this. Last semester, we had to implement a Ticketing application for public transport services with microservices.

Jul 25, 20172 min readArchived

Automate a FTP upload with gulp.js

In this blog I will be showing how you could write a gulp.js script to automate the process of uploading files to a server through FTP.

Apr 23, 20173 min readArchived

The Scale Cube

Last week, we had a lecture on 'Quality Attributes' for Software Architecture. Basically quality attributes are properties of the system that can tell you how good or bad the system is performing.

architecture

scalability

Mar 25, 20172 min readArchived

Automating with Shell scripts

This blog post is basically on a simple approach I attempted to make a task we were given as lab assignment a little simpler than it looks.

linux

shell scripting

Mar 24, 20172 min readArchived

Python Web server with Bottle

Once again, this is going to be a simple tutorial on how to create a simple web server. But this time I will be using python and Bottle web framework.

coding

python

web

Mar 23, 20171 min readArchived

Routing in AngularJS

If you are to build a Single Page Application using AngularJS, with no page reloading, yet with navigation between different pages, routing should be used and you would be working with the ngRoute module.

angularjs

javascript

spa

Mar 15, 20172 min readArchived

A Basic Network Scanner in Java

Let us see how we could build a simple network scanner using Java to just see if there are any up and running hosts connected to the network we are connected to.

java

networking

Mar 6, 20172 min readArchived

A Simple Web Server (NodeJS)

Some time back, javascript was limited to the front-end but yet it did its job well. But with Node.js entering the scene, now we could build a complete web application, both front-end and the back-end using Javascript.

nodejs

javascript

web

Feb 10, 20172 min readArchived

Hello to AngularJS

Basically AngularJS is an opensource javascript framework, created and maintained by Google which is used in Single Page Application (SPA) projects.

angularjs

javascript

mvc

Jan 11, 20172 min readArchived

Working with URLs in Java

In this blog post, let's see how we could play around with URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) or simply the address to any website found on the internet, within a java program.

java

networking

Nov 8, 20165 min readArchived

Hack Me If You Can CTF 2016 - Catch the Droid Walkthrough

Team Agathon participated at the Hack Me If You Can Capture the Flag contest at SLIIT CodeFest 2016. Walkthrough of the Catch the Droid CTF box.

Nov 6, 20162 min readArchived

NodeMCU Programming with Arduino IDE

So this time I thought it would be cool to introduce you to the trendy NodeMCU development board which is basically based on the ESP8266, and how to start playing with it using the Arduino IDE.

Oct 27, 20162 min readArchived

CTF? capture WHAT?

So today I thought of writing about the CTFs. First, it stands for 'Capture The Flag' and is a special kind of competition in the Information Security field.

ctf

infosec