Software Engineering Domain Name System Explained Domain Name System is a distributed database of hostname to IP address mappings. It is updated whenever someone purchases and register a new domain.
Software Engineering Idea behind HTTPS HTTPS is a protocol which is an improvement over HTTP and is the shortform of HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure. In this article, we will look at the short comings of HTTP which lead to the development of HTTPS and some basic ideas behind HTTPS.
Software Engineering A Deeper Look at HTTP Requests In this article, we looked in how HTTP requests like GET, PUT and others are formed, how websites interact with them and the response send back.
Software Engineering HTTP Requests in JavaScript We explored how to send HTTP requests like GET, POST and others using XMLHttpRequest (XHR) and Fetch API in JavaScript without using any external library.
Software Engineering Get list of posts in a subreddit using Reddit API This article talks about using JavaScript to get posts from a subreddit using the Reddit API. We are going to use listings in the Reddit API and the web API fetch() to make the API calls to a random subreddit.
Software Engineering Audio Fingerprinting using the AudioContext API Audio fingerprinting takes advantage of device performance specs to build up an identifying fingerprint of a user. It uses the AudioContext API for this
Software Engineering Canvas Fingerprinting Canvas Fingerprinting is the most commonly used method of fingerprinting. It's one of the techniques that identify users based on device performance.
Software Engineering Methods to track users on the Web In this article, we have discussed some of the most powerful methods used to track users on the web which includes caching, cookies, fingerprinting and more
Software Engineering Working with Navigator property of DOM In this article, we will look into navigator property of window object of a web document and use it to get information about the browser and load different code depending on browser.
Software Engineering Fullscreen API in JavaScript The full screen API allows an element on a page to be viewed in full screen. It makes it convenient for users to view web content in full pixel width and height.
Software Engineering A Simple Introduction to Fetch API The fetch() API in JavaScript allows programmers to retrieve data from a certain endpoint following which the data can be used in any way