HTTP Fundamentals
Everything a web developer should know about HTTP.
What you'll learn
HTTP is the protocol of the web, and this course will look at HTTP from a web developer's perspective. We'll cover resources, messages, cookies, and authentication protocols. We'll look at how HTTP clients can use persistent and parallel connections to improve performance, and see how the web scales to meet demand using cache headers and proxy servers. By the end of the course you will have the knowledge to build better web applications and web services.
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About the author
Scott has worked on everything from 8-bit embedded devices to large scale web sites during his 15+ years in commercial software development. Since 2001, Scott has focused on server-side and web technologies, like ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Windows Workflow, Silverlight, and LINQ. Scott is also a speaker at national conferences like VSLive!, as well as code camps and user groups near his hometown of Hagerstown, MD. Scott has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP since 2005, and has written or co-... more