Re:From Node to Ruby on Rails
by mjlawson on Thursday December 16, 2021 @01:50PM
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> ... how is a novice web developer supposed to know what is missing?
That is a great question. Is it the job of the tooling to prevent a novice developer from shooting themselves in their foot? Do we need higher-level abstractions in our frameworks that are analogous to memory safety in programming languages? Perhaps.
Alternatively, I don't think that security practices are particularly hidden. Anyone who's used the web knows has used a login form. I would give most novice developers the benefit of the doubt that they're going to be curious and look into that.
I would argue that it is, in part, their responsibility to learn these things. It's our responsibility perhaps as stewards of the secure web to teach and enforce best practices. I don't think baking in these best practices into frameworks does these developers any favors, except that it allows them to focus on something else.
That is a great question. Is it the job of the tooling to prevent a novice developer from shooting themselves in their foot? Do we need higher-level abstractions in our frameworks that are analogous to memory safety in programming languages? Perhaps.
Alternatively, I don't think that security practices are particularly hidden. Anyone who's used the web knows has used a login form. I would give most novice developers the benefit of the doubt that they're going to be curious and look into that.
I would argue that it is, in part, their responsibility to learn these things. It's our responsibility perhaps as stewards of the secure web to teach and enforce best practices. I don't think baking in these best practices into frameworks does these developers any favors, except that it allows them to focus on something else.