HTTP servers play a fundamental role in distributing content and services on the internet. Implementing a simple HTTP server can be an excellent opportunity to understand the basic principles of web communication and explore a modern language like Rust. In this post, we’ll walk through creating a simple server that serves static files using TCP. Of course, a real HTTP server is much more complex than this. How does HTTP work?...
Every developer must understand the HTTP protocol, if you are just starting, don’t despair, you will get all the details, to help I’ll bring you a little bit about the base that I think is important to understand. What is HTTP? HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) are rules for transferring files (text, images, audio, video) over the internet. As soon as a user opens their web browser, they are using HTTP, an application protocol that runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol suite that forms the basis of the Internet....