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By @wagslane (twitter) Let’s look at the JavaScript with statement. We will go over the simple uses, as well as a deep dive into some more advanced concepts. Note: Use of the _with_ statement is discouraged. It can lead to strange bugs. That said, it...
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By @wagslane (twitter) The post JavaScript vs Java – Differences, Similarities, and History appeared first on Qvault. JavaScript and Java confuse many new programmers. They sound so similar, so one might think they have the same use-cases, or perhaps...
In this article, I’m going to cover some rules of thumb for logging in go, as well as some functions you may not have heard of that can make your debugging life easier. Rule #1 – Use Errors Where Appropriate, Not Strings Go has a built-in error type,...
The post Cryptology, Cryptography, and Cryptanalysis – Get your Vocabulary Straight! appeared first on Qvault. Many new developers are jumping right into coding (usually for those fat paychecks) without learning much about the history of Computer Sci...
AES stands for “Advanced Encryption Standard” and is a specification that has selected the Rijndael cipher as its symmetric key ciphering algorithm. Using AES, a message can be encrypted with a key (like a password) and no one except the key holder c...
Git is a powerful tool created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 for the development of the Linus kernel, which has a reputation for confounding newcomers. It doesn’t help that most people especially programmers and developers are simply thrown in at the dee...
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The post (Very) Basic Intro to Hash Functions (SHA-256, MD-5, etc) appeared first on Qvault. This is going to be a basic introduction to hash functions. I will assume most of my audience is here to gain an understanding of why hash functions are used...
The post (Very) Basic Intro To Elliptic Curve Cryptography appeared first on Qvault. This is going to be a basic introduction to elliptic curve cryptography. I will assume most of my audience is here to gain an understanding of why ECC is an effecti...
A key derivation function, or KDF, derives one or many secret keys from a secret value. If you’ve ever needed to store a password in a database or create a private key from a password, you may have used a KDF. Examples of popular KDFs: Argon2 Scrypt...
