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This is a general overview and guide to using HTTP messages in your web application. I'll cover everything from terms to generating requests and responses to consuming public APIs.
As a web developer, I sometimes describe my job as "making things talk to each other over the internet." HTTP, which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, makes this possible. In other words, HTTP is a method of sending messages from one program to...
In this part of the series, I'll demonstrate generating HTTP responses from a simple Node.js Express server. You can view all of the code in the Github repository. After this, in A Beginner's Guide to HTTP - Part 3: Requests, we'll generate request m...
In this part of the series, I'll demonstrate generating HTTP requests from a simple React app using XHR, Fetch, and Axios. You can view all of the code in the Github repository. After this, in A Beginner's Guide to HTTP - Part 4: APIs, we'll have som...
Now that we've covered how HTTP messages work and how to generate requests and responses in JavaScript, let's talk about the real world applications of using HTTP in your web app. This part of the series will cover evaluating APIs other people have b...
It's good for APIs to put limits on who can make requests to their server. Unfortunately for the developer building a side project, this necessary security often provides extra hurdles. Let's talk about the common ways to get your app authenticated f...
