September 2007
Intermediate to advanced
170 pages
4h 24m
English
This chapter contains just an overview of HTTP and focuses only on the aspects that affect performance. To learn more, read the HTTP specification (http://www.w3.org/protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html) and HTTP: The Definitive Guide by David Gourley and Brian Totty (O'Reilly; http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/httptdg). The parts highlighted here are sufficient for understanding the best practices described in the following chapters.