Original Work Log

Anish Madgula

Day Time Tasks Accomplished Reflection Next Goals

1/28/20 1:00 PM - 2:00 Informed my mentor about My mentor My goal is to

PM my revised Original Work thought my learn more about
idea, which is to create a Original Work how to build a
website that is secure from idea was good, website from
SQL Injection and possibly so I can start scratch.
Cross-Site Scripting - my soon.
mentor gave me some
feedback

2/1/20 2:30 PM - 4:30 Started researching ways Although I I will have to

PM on how to code a website know how to learn the very
from scratch - browsed code in Java, I basics of these
through people’s now know that programming
comments on it is not enough languages. I also
StackOverflow and - I also need to need to figure
learned that multiple use front-end out which tool to
programming languages languages, use to build the
are necessary to build a such as HTML, website.
website (both front-end JavaScript,
languages and back-end and/or PHP.
languages). I also learned
that I could use NetBeans
version 8.2 to create the
website.

2/15/20 3:00 PM - 5:30 Researched how to secure I have a much Now that I know
PM a website against SQL better idea how to protect
Injection Attacks and about how to against these
Cross-site scripting. I protect against cyber attacks, I
learned from this research these attacks will need to
that I will have to insert on a website - I actually start
proper input validation also have coding the
code in order to prevent several ideas website after
these security issues - for on how I can finding a good
example, I might have to design the tool or
write code that checks for website application to
slashes or other special build it on.
characters, and then
removes them before
processing them; I also
learned that i will need to
have a database that is
dependent upon the
information that enters the
website
2/22/20 4:00 PM - 6:30 I looked at one of the Looking at this I still have to look
PM exercises that we did in website really at good tools to
my Cybersecurity class helped me use to build the
that was related to understand website with
protecting against various which several
types of malware. One of programming programming
the attacks that was on the languages languages - I
website was SQL Injection might be also realize that I
Attacks, and I spent some necessary to need to buy a
time learning about how create this domain (for
exactly they break into particular about 10 dollars)
websites and reveal website. to create a
confidential data. I also website.
learned more about Cross-
Site Scripting attacks and
the related commands.
Lastly, I was able to look
at the source code of one
of the provided examples
and I saw that they used
the PHP programming
language in order to
validate the input.

2/29/20 9:00 PM - 11:30 Continued researching AWS seems I will have to look
PM tools to use in order to like a great tool through these
build my website; after to start coding tutorial videos
looking through people’s my website - it and then start
suggestions on many even has building the
different websites, I was tutorials so that website as the
able to find Amazon Web can help me lessons
Services (AWS) - this through this progress.
website provides tutorials OW creation.
on how to develop a
website and allows you to
get a domain for about 10
dollars. I created an
account for this website
and started the very first
video tutorial, which was
simply information about
AWS and its features.

3/12/20 3:00 PM - 6:00 After my mentor told me I was able to My next step is
PM about XAMPP, I learn quite a bit to build a login
researched a little bit about how to page and find a
about it and understood host a website way to create a
that it can run a server so locally. database that
that I can host my website However, I am can connect to
locally. After that, I started still considering my website.
 to learn basic HTML and whether or not
PHP, and with the help of I should get a
a YouTube video, I was domain to
able to code a registration publish my
page for my website. website once I
Although it does not have create it.
any styling yet, it does the
basic functions (allows the
user to input username,
email, and password.

3/15/20 2:00 PM - 5:00 I was able to create my I learned how I will have to fix
PM login page and create a to connect a the current errors
basic database using website to a that I am getting
XAMPP. I was also able to database in when running my
create a file called PHP. I also website code.
server.php in order to link learned more Furthermore, I
my login/registration about XAMPP will have to find a
pages to the SQL and its way to prevent
database. However, there functions. my website
are some errors when against SQL
compiling the code, which Injection attacks.
I will have to address later.

3/23/20 9:00 AM - 11:00 I fixed some of the syntax I learned that I will have to
AM errors that were in my PHP is very complete the
website. However, I was a useful for Codecademy
bit confused as to how to website course and then
fix some of the other development use that
errors that were in my since it is a knowledge to fix
website, so I decided to back-end the errors that
advance my language that are present in
understanding of the PHP can work in my website.
programming language by conjunction
working through the with HTML and
Codecademy course for CSS. Through
free. this
Codecademy
course, I was
also able to
learn that Java
and PHP are
pretty similar in
terms of
syntax.