Learn the HTTP Protocol in Go
"From TCP to HTTP". Build an HTTP/1.1 server from scratch in Golang. To understand truly HTTP, you should build it yourself.
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ThePrimeagen
ThePrimeagen spent 10 years at Netflix writing performance critical software. He has become deeply passionate about building developer tools and teaching others how to use them. He only codes in NeoVim, uses a split keyboard, and rebases his Git branches. And yes, he has a beautiful wife and children.
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What will you learn?
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.
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infopek
Hungary
I love this course, so much I learned during this one. I highly recommend. Prime you are the best !
Johann
vernon, france
HTML is not magic, it's just a protocol that runs over TCP (for v1.1 anyway). You will learn how to create an httpserver by implementing http over tcp. It's more fun than it sounds.
Cyberis
United States
Try this course if you want to learn about the core of the HTTP protocol from the First Principles.
Kshitij Saraogi
Germany
I learned a lot about HTTP, things make a lot more sense now in the whole HTTP world. Super great skill for any engineer wanting to understand fullstack.
Nate Simonsen
United States
I learned so much about so many things. My favorite course on the boot.dev.
Todd Naumann
United States
Great course!
Gencho
Bulgaria
The Prime, as always, is the best teacher ever.
AHMED
agadir
Great course! Plus, I like prime's style of programming...
Saif Latifi
United Kingdom
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