Introduction to part 4: Network programming with HTTP

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Up until now, you have mostly worked with low-level protocols such as TCP and UDP

These protocols are the foundation of the Internet and network communications.

Today, you will learn about a higher-level protocol: HTTP.

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What will you learn?

  • Learn how and why HTTP is used widely to build web applications
  • Learn how to use HTTP in Java to build simple (CRUD) APIs
  • Learn how to set up web infrastructure to host web applications:
    • Reverse proxy
    • Load balancer
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What will you accomplish?

  • Build a simple web API in Java
  • Acquire, install and set up a server
  • Acquire a (free) domain name
  • Deploy a web application on the server with a reverse proxy
  • Access the web application from the Internet
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Closing the loop

This part will be the last one of the course. This is the last step to close the loop (from code to production).

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