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Beginner's Guide to Vibe Coding Security

8 Topics • 22 Lessons

The security you cannot skip when you build apps with AI - secrets, injection, auth, dependencies, and shipping safely.

Course Contents

Start Here

1 lesson

Welcome & How to Use This Course

Why Vibe-Coded Apps Are Risky

3 lessons

The Code Runs. That Does Not Mean It Is Safe.

You Own the Security, Even If the AI Wrote It

Check Yourself: Why Vibe-Coded Apps Are Risky

Secrets and API Keys

3 lessons

Where Secrets Leak: Hard-Coded Keys and Pasted Prompts

The Right Pattern: .env, .gitignore, Rotate, and Scan

Check Yourself: Secrets and API Keys

Input Validation and Injection

3 lessons

Never Trust Input: SQL Injection and the Fix

Command Injection, XSS, and Server-Side Validation

Check Yourself: Input Validation and Injection

Authentication & Authorization Basics

3 lessons

Authentication and Password Basics

Sessions, Tokens, and Authorization

Check Yourself

Dependencies & Supply Chain

3 lessons

Every Dependency Is Trusted Code

Auditing, Updating, and Lockfiles

Check Yourself

Data Protection & Privacy

3 lessons

Collect Less, Expose Less

Protecting Secrets and Data

Check Yourself

Before You Ship: A Security Checklist

3 lessons

The Pre-Launch Security Checklist

When to Bring in a Pro, and a Course Recap

Check Yourself