Software/Hardware Skills

 

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·      Today we will be talking about software and hardware skills. This will be an interesting topic because in the recent years I was not into a position to interact with technology world more than we do on a daily basis. For the Hardware aspect I have a general idea of computing system, maintenance and computing building. I occasionally conducted maintenance jobs on my laptop, I replaced different parts of the computer and laptop that ceased working.

I wish I could engage more into this area and I believe that DMU will offer this opportunity.

In past years I used day to day software like Word, Power Point however recently I played a game created by INNO Games called Tribal Wars. 

TW is an online browser game with a massive complexity. It requires a considerable amount of time, planning and basic IT knowledge. In this game I had the opportunity to use and modify existing Java scrips that facilitate in game experience. The game offers numerous external tools like Attack and Mass Attack planner, Fake script generator tools to help us create maps. Here is where I discovered Dynamic groups. These groups introduce or remove elements based on some instructions that had been given. Here I discovered   that scripts need a hosting server or site. The game somehow allow us to change certain qualities inside the game. It feels like we modify and upgraded the game while playing. Here also I discovered for the first time the auto programs or bots and I had seen the impact of what they can do. I will show some examples and images underneath so we can have a better view of all of this:

Script example:  

To continue I added some screenshots so we can see how these scripts and tools allow us to manipulate in-game experience

All these together sparked an interest into coding and I start using CodeAcademy to improve my knowledge  in this particular area. Recently I discovered an application called Ethical Hacking University which offers a massive amount of information regarding malware, hacking, how to protect yourself against hacking. It debates past attacks and explains why the attack happened , what are the vulnerabilities and it offers solution to prevent this from happening. Also after every topic finished you receive a certification which shows the area that we gained information.