How I coded a Cookie Free Geo Tracking app - Steps and Challenges
Mission: to avoid having to provide cookie notice on website, a PECR Reg...and part of GDPR compliance. An alternative to GA, wix, wordpress, cloudflare, PHP, Java session all of which place third party cookies on ur device and put u at risk for non compliance with the LAW
Part 1 - the Architecture, first the high level outline
Windows 10 platform - with rdp - remote desktop to connect to ur ec2 ip address
Aws EC2 - nano instance and route 53 = free for 12 months then $10 per month - host ur DNS here
Apache 2.4 http server - host ur web pages
Tomcat and Java Servlets - connectivity to data with JDBC
JQuery - javascript with AJAX - pass data from dbase to frontend web page
SQLite Database embedded directly in Java app - host ur secure database
Part 2 - the Challenges
Ssl was my biggest pain in the butt.
Cookies were also a pain - Wix, Wordpress, Cloudflare, Google Analytics all place a third party cookie on ur device
Using public geo tracker - finding the right one
GDPR
Responsive website
Working on a master template for a home page - how many things do I want my site to do? How much functionality do i want? The javascript challenge
Wrestling with the column model in html table
JSON
Circumventing PHP and JAVA session objects and their cookies
I will start expanding on each topic shortly and I have much to write about, so check back weekly for updates…..HAVE FUN coding !!!! or learning to code
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