Beginner - Computer Science
How the Web Works
What really happens between typing an address and seeing a page
About this course
A short, practical introduction for complete beginners: clients and servers, HTTP requests and responses, and how a name like example.com becomes a connection. Every idea comes with an example, and the key one is an animation you can play and step through.
What you will learn
Clients and servers
The two sides of every web page you have ever opened.
- What happens when you open a page?6 min
- HTTP requests and responses7 min
Under the hood
How a name turns into a connection.
- Names, addresses and DNS5 min