L03: HTTP

An introduction and overview of how the HTTP protocol works and its request methods.

Presentations

Review this HTML presentation of HTTP.

View it as a lecture in swedish or english.

English with John H + Johan L (second part only, start after 43 minutes):

Swedish with Johan H (starts after 15 minutes):

Read & Study

Read and study the following.

• First of all read this introduction "Learning object HTTP"

• Quickly and roughly glance through the "RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1". At the bottom of the author list you will find T. Berners-Lee. This is how standards work on Internet.

Read & Study (optional)

These are optional resources for the one who wants to know more within this area.

• Read the short article "Learning object HTTP/2" to update yourself upon what HTTP/2 means.

• Read this is a small article which gives a good view of the cache options in HTTP.

• Extra reading to dig deeper into HTTP and how to use it - read the online book "HTTP Succinctly". Check up the following chapters.

  • HTTP Resources
  • HTTP Messages
  • HTTP Connections
  • HTTP Web Architecture
  • HTTP State and Security

• Extra viewing the video "Yesterday's perf best-practices are today's HTTP/2 anti-patterns - Velocity 2015 (Santa Clara)" that provides insights into the isses that HTTP/2 is trying to solve.