Network Programming with Python

1. Write your own HTTP Server (Done)

Definitions

• Network - A set of computers that are connected together and exchanging data
• Socket - An API that allows inter-process communication across computer networks or within a computer
• TCP - Transmission Control Protocol. A protocol that determines how a connection over a network is made and how data is exchanged
• Server - Refers to a program running on a computer that provides functionality to other programs or devices
• HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol, an application layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents
• HTML - Hypertext Markup Language, the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in the web browser

Code references

• https://bhch.github.io/posts/2017/11/writing-an-http-server-from-scratch/
• https://build-your-own.org/webserver/

2. Write your own web framework (WIP?)

• to be done in another workshop