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HTTP/2 in Action
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HTTP/2 in Action

by Barry Pollard
April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
416 pages
14h 4m
English
Manning Publications
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Part 3. Advanced HTTP/2

The first part of this book introduced HTTP/2. The second part looked at the details of HTTP/2 and how it should be used. Chapter 4 introduced the basics of HTTP/2 and how it works; chapter 5 was devoted to HTTP/2 push, which is a new concept to HTTP; and chapter 6 looked at how HTTP/2 should and shouldn’t change development practices.

In this part, I delve a little deeper, covering some advanced topics that few people truly understand. Chapter 7 finishes the parts of the specification that weren’t covered previously, and chapter 8 looks at the separate HPACK HTTP header compression specification. These two chapters will help you transform your solid foundation to expert-level understanding of the HTTP/2 protocol. You’ll ...

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