Web application security is for websites, web applications and web services what Information Security, or InfoSec for short, is for information (be it electronic or physical). It takes the principles of application security, an applies them to Internet and Web systems. Typically, web applications are created using classic programming languages such as PHP or Java, and, with the advent of Web 2.0 and increased information sharing through social media networks, security breaches have been on the rise.

When you are working on a tight schedule, you have to take whatever shortcuts you can so you can get the job done. Now, that doesn’t mean the overall quality of your work should suffer. That would be bad for your ego, and your career. One corner you can cut in designing your site is working with PSD templates. This still allows you to actually design, but it gets rid of most of the tedious tweaking you need to do when starting from scratch.