gprok

gprok
10 posts
Setting up the project
Week 1
Jun 20, 20234 min read
Setup VirtualBox with Kali Linux and Metasploitable
Setting up VirtualBox with Kali Linux and Metasploitable so that both VMs are on the same network and can reach each other is useful for practicing penetration testing locally. Kali Linux has many tools for penetration testing and Metasploitable is a...
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Part 1: Setup project and create a simple page
Building a Django todo list
Oct 23, 20214 min read
Laravel QR code generation
Source Code on GitHub I was trying to generate QR codes in Laravel and found this package simplesoftwareio/simple-qrcode and a couple of tutorials explaining how to use it shouts.dev and itsolutionstuff.com. Unfortunately, examples in the tutorials w...
Sep 10, 20212 min read
User role in Laravel 8
A very simple approach
Jul 21, 20213 min read
Simple Blog in Laravel
The purpose of this story is to get started with Laravel and create a very simple project. Uses Laravel 8. Prerequisites In order to install and run the Laravel project we need to have: Composer, a PHP dependency manager (for Windows download the e...
Jul 8, 20216 min read
Building a Sudoku web app (part2, JavaScript client)
Introduction JavaScript implementation of a Sudoku puzzle. Uses a back-end PHP API. Note: These experiments are part of the CodingSummer21 activities and their goal is not to provide a perfect solution, but some solution simple to understand so th...
Jun 27, 20213 min read
Building a Sudoku web app (part 1, server side)
Introduction A PHP application which uses a MySQL database to store sudoku puzzles and their solutions. Puzzles are retrieved from a Kaggle CSV data file. The application randomly selects a puzzle and provides it via its API. Then it responds to requ...
Jun 26, 20213 min read
Building Hangman in JavaScript
This is an attempt to build the Hangman game in plain JavaScript. Note: These experiments are part of the CodingSummer21 activities and their goal is not to provide a perfect solution, but some solution simple to understand so that students can for...
Jun 24, 20214 min read