Web technology has become the foundation for all sorts of critical
networked applications and far-reaching methods of data exchange,
and beneath it all is a fundamental protocol: HyperText Transfer
Protocol, or HTTP. HTTP: The Definitive Guide documents everything
that technical people need for using HTTP efficiently-including the
"black arts" and "tricks of the trade"-and does so in a clear and
readable manner. Written by experts with years of practical and
teaching experience, this book is the definitive technical bible on
HTTP and related core web technologies because it clearly explains
the "why" as well as the "how". A reader can understand how web
applications work, how the core Inteet protocols and
architectural building blocks interact, and how to correctly
implement Inteet clients and servers. It's an essential toolkit
that no technically-inclined member of the Inteet community
should be without.