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How the Web Works: HTTP and the Web Server

by Jeremy McPeakMar 4, 2016

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Web Development Course Lesson HTTP Programming Fundamentals

The web is built on the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). When we go to a web page, our browser makes requests to a web server. The web server processes our request and ultimately sends a response.

In this short video tutorial from my recent course How to Become a Web Developer, I'll explain how it all fits together.

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Web development can be a daunting topic to get started with. Unlike with conventional applications, not only do you need to be familiar with how the web works, but you also have to understand a variety of technologies and languages.

In the full course, How to Become a Web Developer, you'll learn everything you need to know to get started with web development. You'll learn how to create web pages using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Not only that, but you'll learn about some of the fundamentals of the internet: URLs, DNS, HTTPS and more!

Web Development Course Lesson HTTP Programming Fundamentals

Jeremy McPeak

I started my development career on the client-side writing JavaScript and DHTML components in my spare time. In 2005, Nicholas C. Zakas asked me to join him in writing the first edition of Professional Ajax for Wiley Publishing. Since Professional Ajax, 1st Edition, I've been blessed to take part in other book projects: Professional Ajax 2nd Edition, and Beginning JavaScript 3rd and 4th editions.