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Learn the HTTP Protocol in Go

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The web is built on HTTP, and there's no better way to understand how something works than to implement it yourself. In this course, we'll learn the nitty-gritty details of the HTTP/1.1 protocol, and as we do so we'll actually build our own HTTP server from scratch in Golang. By the end, you'll have a deep understanding of how web transport works.

Syllabus

  • HTTP Streams
    • Learn how to read and process a stream of bytes as they arrive.
  • TCP
    • Learn how TCP streams data reliably and how it compares to UDP.
  • Requests
    • Learn how HTTP requests work and how data is sent over the web.
  • Request Lines
    • Learn how to parse HTTP request lines from a stream of data.
  • HTTP Headers
    • Learn how HTTP headers are structured, parsed, and handled.
  • HTTP Body
    • Learn how to read and process the body of an HTTP request.
  • HTTP Responses
    • Learn how an HTTP server constructs and sends responses.
  • Chunked Encoding
    • Learn how HTTP chunked transfer encoding streams data in segments
  • Binary Data
    • Learn how HTTP handles binary data and different protocol versions.

Taught by

ThePrimeagen , Lane, Allan, Matt, and Hunter

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