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A beginner-friendly mental model of HTTP, HTTPS and how the web communicates

DEV Community·Omaima Ameen·19 days ago
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Hiee🥂!! Lately I’ve been diving deep into web internals and honestly the deeper I go, the crazier it feels. So I thought of documenting whatever I’m learning and understanding along the way , not as an expert, but as a curious developer trying to connect the dots. This is one of those notes. I know there’s already a lot of content on HTTP and web architecture out there, but I still wanted to write this because writing things in my own words helps me understand them better Will probably keep writing more about web internals, React internals and low-level web stuff as I learn :) (Note that Networking goes wayyy deeper than this ,this is just me trying to understand and explain the core ideas in simple human language while learning) So here we goo, Every time we open a website, click a button or log into an app, there’s a silent conversation happening between the client and the server. HTTP is basically the medium that makes this conversation possible.…

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