Rebuilding HTTP

NOTE: THIS EBOOK IS NOT COMPLETE. You're initially buying the completed chapters without most optional exercises. You'll get free updates as the exercises are finished. Current best estimate for completion: April, 2023.

Rebuilding HTTP will take you through building an HTTP application server, step by step, starting from a plain TCP/IP server. You'll learn the basics of the HTTP protocol, as well as how to extend and debug it.

Each section centres on a small, practical update to your server -- first improving HTTP requests and responses, then header fields. Eventually you'll build an application server using Rack, Ruby's HTTP interface, and be able to run applications in real frameworks like Sinatra on your server.

By the author of Rebuilding Rails.