The Web, Actually

Lesson 1 · globe The Web, Actually

Request and Response

Describe what happens between typing a URL and seeing a page.

Before you start

Every single thing on the web is a client asking for something and a server answering. The browser sends a request (a method, a path, some headers). The server sends back a response (a status code, some headers, usually a body). That's it. Frameworks are elaborate ways of deciding what goes in the response.

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