When you launch an application on the web, every hacker in the world has access to it. Are you sure your web apps can stand up to the most sophisticated attacks? Grokking Web Application Security teaches you everything you need to know to secure your web applications in the browser, on the server, and even at the code level. The book is perfect for both junior and experienced learners. It’s written to be language-agnostic, with advice and vulnerability insights that will work with any stack. You’ll begin with the foundations of web security and then dive into dozens of practical security recommendations for both common and not-so-common vulnerabilities—everything from SQL injection to cross-site scripting inclusion attacks. Explore growing modern threats like supply-chain attacks and attacks on APIs, learn about cryptography and how it applies to the web, and discover how to pick up the pieces after a hacker has successfully gotten inside your app. For junior web developers who know the basics of web programming, or more experienced developers looking for concrete advice on solving vulnerabilities.