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+# Citations for purposes of Secondary Literature Review for EPQ
+
+## Technical documentation
+
+1. Placeholder for StompJS documentation
+2. Placeholder for ReactJS documentation
+3. Placeholder for relevant StackOverflow answers to issues encountered during the EPQ project
+4. Placeholder for TypeScript definitions and relevance
+5. Placeholder for Design Patterns book on object-oriented design -- for API
+
+## Safe coding theory
+
+1. Placeholder for SAFECode secure code specifications