How JavaScript Uses Hashing
What the heck is Hashing???... #whattheheck #dontknow #letsfindout What do coders mean when they talk about hashing? It's actually not as complicated as you might think and simply put, refers to a process where we can convert a given key into another value. An example of why we would want to use hashing: Let's just say that we have a user that stores their password into our database, we would be responsible for keeping that password safe and secure and there is a way to achieve this. We would be able to use hashing that allows us to generate a key that masks the password code of the user. This way the password is somewhat hidden and disguised which is one of the many ways we can go about keeping it safe within our database. How exactly would we be able to achieve this process? Well we can use a hash function to generate a unique and new value to a key by using a mathematical algorithm. The converted value is known as a 'hash value', 'hash' or whatever floats yo...
