From the course: Static Application Security Testing

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Programming languages

Programming languages

- [Narrator] Just like developers have a variety of development methodologies, they have a variety of programming languages they can turn to as well. It reminds me of the Rosetta Stone, that find that fascinated both historians and linguists, for centuries. The stone contained the exact same message, carved in three different ancient languages. Fast forward around 200 years, swap out that stone for computer screens, and increase the number of possible languages from three to hundreds, if not thousands. Now we're talking. Why is this information important for static application security testing? Because you're going to need to perform source code security reviews of applications written in those different languages, and different languages require different testing tools. You don't have to be an expert in every programming language, in order to secure them, though. Start with the most popular ones. Chances are…

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