Ask HN: Any recent alternative to “”http the definitive guide“

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by soulbadguy • 11 years ago

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Looking a good book which provide an in-depth overview of http. "http the definitive guide" seems to be getting old. And doesn't cover HTTP2 and Oauth and openID authentications. Any alternatives?

eric_bullington• 11 years ago

It's not quite as expansive as HTTP: The Definitive Guide, but I highly recommend High Performance Browser Networking* by Ilya Grigorik. Very well-written, with good coverage of not only HTTP, but only WebSockets and WebRTC. I highly recommend it.

*High Performance Browser Networking: What every web developer should know about networking and web performance 1st Edition

gexos• 11 years ago

The book is outdated but still has a tone of useful information ant it fully covers HTTP 1.1, which is still the most up-to-date version of HTTP protocol. According to W3Techs only 1.2% of all websites support HTTP/2 (August 2015).

auganov• 11 years ago

As obvious as it is, I want to remind everyone to just read through the relevant RFCs as a primer before diving into more usecase'y or best practices information.

Ask HN: Any recent alternative to “”http the definitive guide“

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