Publisher’s Description
HTTP is the protocol that powers the Web. As web applications become more sophisticated, and as emerging technologies continue to rely heavily on HTTP, understanding this protocol is becoming more and more essential for professional web developers. By learning the HTTP protocol, web developers gain a deeper understanding of the Web's architecture and can create better web applications that are robust, fast, and secure.
The HTTP Developer's Handbook is written specifically for web developers. It begins by introducing the protocol and explaining it in a straightforward manner. It then illustrates how to leverage this information to improve applications. Extensive information and examples are given covering a wide variety of issues, such as state and session management, caching, SSL, software architecture, and web application security.
Praise
Where the book really sparkles is in the section on Improving Performance. Few books have looked at the HTTP protocol’s underlying mechanisms for controlling caching as this one. In lucid prose, Shiflett presents the various caching directives and their exact meaning.
This is the book developers and testers need to read to understand caching and eliminate those security holes.
~ Palisade Security Team, from their review.
The book was very informative, it was just what I needed to better understand the protocol for programming work.
~ John Statham, from his Amazon review.