Nearly everyone in the world has heard of HTTP or HTTPS. It appears when we load pages on the Internet, like https://hexlet.io.
HTTP is a language or protocol. Developers of browsers, servers, websites, mobile applications and ordinary programs have agreed to use it to exchange data over the network.
Thanks to this, we can use different browsers and open sites without worrying about whether they're suitable for each other. Imagine if there was only one way to charge all devices. That would be cool, right?
HTTP works according to the client-server model. It means that during an interaction, there are two sides:
Every time we enter a website address or click on a link:
Quite the same thing happens with mobile applications, although that's hidden from us. The data and logic of most applications are on the server, and the application accesses it when required.
HTTP permeates the entire development from beginning to end, whether it is the backend or frontend-development. Any web developer will write code that executes HTTP requests or generates HTTP responses as the simplest sites do. Knowledge of HTTP is part of the foundation that any web programmer in the modern world should have.
What is it so important? Here are some things you can do better knowing how HTTP works:
This course introduces HTTP at the most fundamental level. This way, it doesn't depend on the language, browser, or technology used. Here we will learn how to set up the protocol and use it correctly.
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