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Category: Development
Level: Confirmed beginner
Good morning Good morning, This week, for once, we're going to talk about software development (no kidding??). And I'm going to try to shed some light on why I chose web development over other fields, and ... there are some! (who's for a bit of assembling here??) Got a hot drink handy? OK! Let's get started! Other types of developers This list isn't exhaustive - there are bound to be areas I haven't mentioned - but I'll try to give you an idea of what's out there. Foreword: Wh...
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Category: Tech tips
Level: Beginner
Foreword: In this article I'm going to put a lot of emphasis on Le Journal du Hacker, its community and everything that revolves around it. there is no commercial agreement, they don't even know I'm writing this article... When I publish a Tech article, I'm lucky enough to be read by the Journal du Hacker community, and I get feedback by e-mail, always with great benevolence and kindness. So I'd like to take this opportunity to give them a wink: thanks, guys, you're the best! My life in T...
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Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner
The browser cache You may not know how it works, but you've all cached things before. Or at least your browser has done it for you. Yes, you have? When you first visit a website, it often takes longer to load. Nowadays it's not really noticeable as long as the site is well designed, but there is indeed a delay of a few milliseconds for a first load. The explanation is quite simply that your browser hasn't yet been able to cache certain content on this site, such as images, CSS, Javascr...
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Category: Computer security
Level: intermediate
The idea for this article came to me when I was looking at the Zataz home page. Indeed, in these times of crisis, ransomware attacks don't seem to stop. The aim of this article is to explain what ransomware is, how it works and how to protect yourself against it. And how to protect yourself? I'm not going to cover everything, because ransomware comes in all shapes and sizes. For example, the "Ryuk" ransomware is of the very violent kind... Asymmetric encryption Before talking about ran...
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Category: Brico Hack
Level: Confirmed
Hi there, how are you? 😁. Thanks for clicking on this article, I hope you like it even if the subject is quite specific 😛. This week we're going to talk about APIs, developers use them every day in their work, bah yes, for example for online payments often we use Stripe's or PayPal's. But we're going to go a little deeper, because there are two types of API: public and private. Are you ready? Here we go 🙂. Why this article? When I'm not working on custo...
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Category: Computer security
Level: Expert
Hello little wolves 😊. Thank you for clicking on this article. As always, I hope you enjoy it 😁. Today, we're going to get into the hard stuff. Recently, I had the opportunity to experiment with some things that reminded me of my teenage years, so I decided to write about them. Warning: the content of this article is to be used for educational purposes only. Don't do anything illegal. The aim here is to learn how it works, and I find that fascinating. By the w...