Philosophy and business don’t always get along well. Philosophy is generally not much concerned with the practical implications of its investigations and, conversely, business
is often deeply interested in the tactical outcomes of its operations.
And ethics is a loaded word. Preconceived notions of what ethics mean, even as a le gitimate field of study, often make people shy away from it as a topic of discussion. It’s
hard to talk about what we don’t fully understand and even the word itself can sometimes imply judgment: do-this-don’t-do-that kinds of directives and obligations. And we all
frequently chafe when we think we’re being told what to do.
The upcoming age of the Internet of Things (IoT) will blur the line between our physical
and online lives. Attacks targeting our online spaces will put our physical security at
risk. Traditionally, the attack vectors to our fundamental luxuries have required physical
tampering, mostly because access to the infrastructure has been limited from the In‐
ternet. This is about to change with the upcoming disruption caused by a future with
billions of “things” connected to the Internet.
This book looks at many aspects of web development, including the lan-
guage used to make web pages and ways to make web pages look good,
make web pages accept information from visitors, and create programs to
create other web pages! If that seems like a lot of information, don’t worry.
It’s all broken up into manageable pieces so that you can consume the infor-
mation at your own pace.