HTTP/2 in Action

410 Pages·2019·19.52 MB·English

by  Barry Pollard

IN ACTION
Barry Pollard
M A N N I N G
HTTP/2 in Action

HTTP/2 in Action
BARRY POLLARD
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In memory of Ronan Rafferty (1977–2018),
web developer and friend

brief contents
PART 1 MOVING TO HTTP/2 ...................................................1
1 ■ Web technologies and HTTP 3
2 ■ The road to HTTP/2 35
3 ■ Upgrading to HTTP/2 69
PART 2 USING HTTP/2..........................................................91
4 ■ HTTP/2 protocol basics 93
5 ■ Implementing HTTP/2 push 142
6 ■ Optimizing for HTTP/2 182
PART 3 ADVANCED HTTP/2 .................................................223
7 ■ Advanced HTTP/2 concepts 225
8 ■ HPACK header compression 249
PART 4 THE FUTURE OF HTTP.............................................279
9 ■ TCP, QUIC, and HTTP/3 281
10 ■ Where HTTP goes from here 317
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contents
preface xv
acknowledgments xvii
about this book xx
about the author xxiii
about the cover illustration xxiv
PART 1 MOVING TO HTTP/2 .........................................1
1 Web technologies and HTTP 3
1.1 How the web works 3
The internet versus the World Wide Web 4 ■ What happens when
you browse the web? 4
1.2 What is HTTP? 9
1.3 The syntax and history of HTTP 15
HTTP/0.9 15 ■ HTTP/1.0 16 ■ HTTP/1.1 22
1.4 Introduction to HTTPS 28
1.5 Tools for viewing, sending, and receiving HTTP
messages 31
Using developer tools in web browsers 31 ■ Sending HTTP
requests 33 ■ Other tools for viewing and sending HTTP
requests 34
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