The Courses
Codebashing offers pre-configured courses which consist of a defined set of interactive lessons that demonstrate how best to understand common vulnerabilities, how they occur, their impact, and how they can be remediated. These courses are referred to as system courses throughout the application and this documentation suite. The table below lists the currently available system courses and their lessons.
In addition, admin users and authorized manager users may build customized courses by selecting and adding available lessons. These courses are referred to as custom courses and appear in a separate list.
Note
By default, courses are provided in English. Many courses have been translated into various languages as listed in the course table below. Courses without languages listed in the Translated Into column are available in English only.
To view content in a different language, you have to select the desired language from the Content Language list under Account Settings.
System Course | Lessons | Translated Into | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learn how incorrect use of cryptography might lead to vulnerabilities. | ||
| Learn how to defend against and prevent CSRF attacks. | ||
Java | |||
Java Advanced | |||
Java Advanced 2 | |||
IaC Security | |||
Java: Backend Security Basics | |||
React | |||
.NET | |||
Language Agnostic Application Security | |||
.NET Advanced | |||
.NET Advanced 2 | |||
.NET: Backend Security Basics | |||
Front End Security Basics | |||
HTTP Security Principles | |||
C/C++ | |||
Python Django | |||
Python Advanced | |||
Python Advanced 2 | |||
Python: Backend Security basics | |||
Ruby on Rails | |||
PHP | |||
PHP Advanced | |||
PHP: Backend Security Basics | |||
Node.JS | |||
iOS | |||
Android | |||
Angular JS | |||
Angular 2+ | |||
Scala | |||
Scala: Backend Security Basics | |||
Go | |||
Source Code | |||
.NET API Security | |||
Java API Security | |||
AppSec for Decision Makers | |||
AppSec for QA | |||
Hacking Headlines |
To enter the course overview, go to the relevant course in the course list and click <Start>.
The list of lessons appears with an overview for each lesson. Each lesson is listed with an overview and a time estimate5-8 MIN for completing it. Some lessons are only completed once you answered end-of-lesson test questions. These lessons have an additional CHALLENGE icon and generate points once you correctly answered the questions.
Note
Lessons without end-of-lessons questions do not generate points upon completing them.
Although, lessons with end-of-lesson questions are labeled CHALLENGE, these questions are not the challenges that Codebashing lets you take in order test your knowledge. For further information, refer to Challenges.
To display the completed lessons, open the Completed tab. To display the incomplete lessons, open the Not Completed tab respectively.
To start the course, click <Start>.
To start a specific lesson, click its name, for example SQL Injection.
To share a specific lesson with a team mate. click the Share icon next to the desired lesson, complete the email form and then click <Send Now!>. Your team mate receives an email invitation with a short introduction and an invitation to start playing.
From the menu, select Course Progress. A list of courses appears indicating the user progress in each one.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Course Name | The name assigned to the course by the admin user. Click a course name for additional information and statistics of that course, for example Java. |
Course Type |
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Total Enrolled | Number of users who signed up for the respective course. |
Progress | 1 - The number of users who completed the course. 11 - The number of users who are currently taking the course. |
Duration (avg) | The avarage time it took users to complete this course. If nobody completed the course yet, No Data is displayed instead. |
Points (avg) | The average score of all users. If nobody completed the course yet, No Data is displayed instead. |
The user completion rate for the selected course as outlined below.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
User Completion - primary course only | User progress on this course, if it is the primary course.
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User Completion - assigned lessons only | User progress on lessons of this course, if at least one lesson of this course has been assigned to the total number of the users in this status. In this example, 3 users (100%) have been assigned to at least one lesson of this course and therefore their status is indicated here.
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The graph below summarizes statistics on the performance of users in the course.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Email Address | The user name of a participating individual user. |
Teams | The name of a participating team. |
Started On | The date at which the user or team started taking the course. |
Completed On | The date at which the user or team completed the course. For users or teams who did not complete the course, this column is empty |
Duration | The time it took the user or the team to complete the course. |
Points | The score achieved in the lesson by the user or the team. |
Lesson Progress | 2 - The number of lessons completed by the user or the team. 6 - The number of lessons that have not been started by the user or the team. |
Certificate | The user or team who completed all the lessons of the course can download the certificate. For all other users or teams, this column is empty.  |
The graph below summarizes statistics on the lessons as part of the course.
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Lesson Name | Specifies the lesson as part of the course. |
Enrolled Users | Indicates how frequented the specified lesson is by the users. |
Lesson Progress | Displays the number of users who did not start the lesson and those who completed it. |
Duration (avg) | The average time it took the users to complete the lesson. |
Points (avg) | The average score achieved by the users who completed the lesson. |
To sort content in an ascending order with respect to a certain column, point to that column and click the arrow until it shows upwards.
To sort content in a descending order with respect to a certain column, point to that column and click the arrow until it shows downwards.
To hide a column, point to that column, click
and then select Hide from the menu.
To hide multiple columns in one run or show previously hidden columns, click
and then select Show Columns from the menu. A switchboard appears that allows showing or hiding columns.