Brief History of JavaScript The Birth (1995) In May 1995 Brendan Eich at Netscape created a lightweight scripting language for the browser. He built the first version in roughly 10 days. The language began as Mocha, was renamed to LiveScript, then marketed as JavaScript (a name chosen to leverage Java’s buzz, even though the languages […]
Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attack A Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack is a type of cyberattack where an attacker secretly sits between two communicating parties (for example, your laptop and a website) and relays — and often alters — the messages between them. To the victim, everything looks normal, but the attacker can read, inject, or modify data in […]
Jenkins Distributed Builds Jenkins is a popular open-source automation server for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD). One of its powerful features is the ability to perform distributed builds. Distributed Builds Distributed builds allow Jenkins to distribute the workload of running jobs across multiple machines, which can help scale your build infrastructure, improve performance, and reduce […]
Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog In Agile Scrum, work is organized and managed through backlogs, which act as lists of tasks, features, or requirements. Two important types of backlogs are the Product Backlog and the Sprint Backlog. Although they sound similar, they serve different purposes and are used at different stages of the development process. […]
Jenkins Master Slave Architecture Jenkins uses a Master-Slave architecture to manage and distribute workloads across multiple machines. This setup is beneficial for scaling your build environment, managing many jobs, and optimizing resource utilization. Key Components The key components are as follows: Jenkins Master Jenkins Agents Jenkins Master Jenkins Master is the central component of […]
Components of a Coding Environment A coding environment is a setup or platform where developers write, test, and debug their code. It includes all the tools, software, and configurations needed to create and manage programs efficiently. Some of the components of a coding environment are as follows: IDEs or Text Editor Development Kits Programming Language […]
