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HTTP Pocket Reference: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly)) by [Clinton Wong]

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The HyperText Transfer Protocol, or HTTP, is the backbone of the World Wide Web. HTTP is the language that each web browser (or other web client) uses to communicate with servers around the world. All web programmers, administrators, and application developers need to be familiar with HTTP in order to work effectively.The HTTP Pocket Reference not only provides a solid conceptual foundation of HTTP, it also serves as a quick reference to each of the headers and status codes that comprise an HTTP transaction. The book starts with a tutorial of HTTP, but then explains the client request and server responses in more detail, and gives a thorough technical explanation of more advanced features of HTTP (such as persistent connections and caching).Most people use the Web every day without knowing anything about HTTP, but for those who need to get "beyond the browser," this book is the place to start.

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Clinton Wong authored Web Client Programming, published by O'Reilly & Associates in 1997. Clinton works on network and security related projects in the Silicon Valley bay area.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (June 6, 2000)
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Chad

Excellent Book on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 29, 2001

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The author, Clinton Wong, does an great job of covering HTTP. He points out the differences between HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1 in an excellent manner. This books covers the following topics:
What is HTTP? -- HTTP Transactions -- Client Methods -- Server Response Codes -- Headers -- URL Encoding -- Client and Server Identification -- Referring Documents -- Retrieving Content -- Media Types -- Cookies -- Authorization -- Persistent Connections -- Client Caching
This is a SMALL book. "HTTP Pamphlet" would be a better description. As a "Pocket Reference", trust me, it will definitely fit in your pocket. However, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) probably doesn't need more than the 75 pages it is given (after all, it is a pocket reference).
I'm not sure the (price) cover price is right. There are best selling noves 5 times this size that only cost (price). However, technical books, especially computer/programming/networking ones always seem to cost more.

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J-O

Useful, for web, but rather limited

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 25, 2014

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This is a shallow reference. The book covers pretty much everything but leaves a lot of unknowns. It is very superficial. For example, it doesn't discuss the challenges around the fact that proxy and caches often have a hard time with the difference between no-cache and no-store. Another example is the lack of documentation of some of the headers, where the syntax for multiple values is unclear: for cookies, what is the separator when you add an expiry? Yet, that's exactly the type of information I'd like from a quick ref guide I paid for.

You are better off with the RFC2616, which is more detailed yet better structured and clearer, and less verbose. It just tells you what you need and exactly what you should or shouldn't do. This book does not provide any value over the rfc.

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dries cronje

Exactly what it claims to be

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2014

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The book claims to be a pocket reference, and that is exactly what it does. I needed a reference to all the HTTP header and message information for a project and the book provided it.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 19, 2013

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The book was good. It would have been better if it had some good examples and explanation. Thank You !

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Tony Scarpelli

not what I expected but it was as advertised

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 28, 2013

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it is a pocket book.....shocked me. But it is what it was advertised. I guess I was expecting a text.

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Julian Froment

A useful pocket reference that provides an overview of HTTP useful ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2016

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A useful pocket reference that provides an overview of HTTP useful for all programmers requiring a familiarity with this protocol.

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MattM

Great Reference Manual

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 9, 2013

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I loved this book for its lack of fluff. It gets right to the point and simply explains the nitty gritty of HTTP. Just what I needed.

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David H. Elrod

A wealth of useful information

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2012

I have written a number of embedded web servers, and in the process I've completely worn out one copy of this book and have quite a bit of wear and tear on my 2nd copy. For a while it looked like it might go out of print, but I'm very glad to see that it is still available.

Don't let the old copyright date put you off. This is NOT "old and out of date" information, but is very useful for people who work with HTTP from time to time.

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A. J. Gauld

Does what it says on the tin

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 24, 2009

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This is similar to the other O'Reilly pocket references. It gives a good and concise overview of the http mesage set. You need to know a bit about http already to make much use of it but that's what references are for. Small, handy, concise, but lacking an index - my only criticism.

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John Catlin

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 16, 2019

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I bought this book as a http refresher, but was disappointed.
The book is dated. It does not do a good job of explaining http in a modern context (e.g. for use of http for a ReST paradigm). As I was reading it, I was considering how it would read to a http newbie.
I can't recommend this book.

Mr. P. Waller

Just what i needed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 24, 2013

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Gives the reader a brush up (if you require one) on HTTP. Good solid info and a clear descriptions. What more could you ask for?

Peter Leese

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 10, 2015

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as expected