RailsConf 2015 - http://exploration
Channel: Confreaks
Date: 2015-05-20

By, Craig Buchek
We're web developers. But how well do we know the web's core protocol, HTTP? In this lab, we'll explore the protocol to see exactly what's going on between the browser and the web server. We'll cover: HTTP basics HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, etc.) HTTPS Troubleshooting tools Proxies Caching HTTP/2 We'll investigate how we can take advantage of HTTP features to troubleshoot problems, and to improve the performance of our Rails apps.