HTTP & Web Servers
About this Course
This course is intended for budding full-stack web developers to master the basics of HTTP, the protocol that underlies all web technology.
In this course, you'll explore HTTP directly, talking with web servers and browsers by hand. You'll write and deploy low-level web applications in Python. And you'll learn more about how HTTP connects with other web technologies.
HTTP is the fundamental protocol of the Web. Explore how it works using Python code …
HTTP & Web Servers
About this Course
This course is intended for budding full-stack web developers to master the basics of HTTP, the protocol that underlies all web technology.
In this course, you'll explore HTTP directly, talking with web servers and browsers by hand. You'll write and deploy low-level web applications in Python. And you'll learn more about how HTTP connects with other web technologies.
HTTP is the fundamental protocol of the Web. Explore how it works using Python code and command-line tools.
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HTTP is the language of the web. Learning how it works is an essential step to becoming a web developer. It’s also incredibly handy for any developer, given the omnipresence of HTTP today.
,This course focuses on the backend side of web technology, and at a relatively low level. By writing code that speaks HTTP directly, you will gain a greater understanding of how each piece of the web puzzle fits together.
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lesson 1
Requests & Responses
Explore HTTP by running a web server on your own computer
Interact with servers and browsers from the command line
Discover HTTP requests and responses, headers, status codes, and other features of the protocol
lesson 2
The Web from Python
Write code that speaks HTTP both as a server and a client
Build Python code that accepts HTML form submissions, accesses web services, and constructs formatted responses
lesson 3
HTTP in the Real World
Connect your knowledge of HTTP basics with the rest of the world
Deploy services you’ve written so that other people can see them
Investigate web server capacity, cookies, security, and new developments in the protocol
