Who is Roy Fielding?
Roy Fielding is a computer scientist and one of the principal authors of the HTTP specification and the architectural principles of the World Wide Web.
Why don’t the techniques that we use in this class work well when we need to be able to talk to all of the machines in the world?
The techniques taught in a typical computer networking class are suitable for small and predictable networks, but the internet’s global scale with millions of unique devices and constantly changing traffic requires different approaches.
What is the HTTP protocol that Fielding and his friends created?
Fielding and his colleagues created the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which is the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web.
What does a GET do?
A GET request method is used to retrieve data or a resource from a server. It requests the server to transmit a representation of a resource identified by a URL to the client.
What does a POST do?
A POST request sends data to a server to create or update a resource.
What does PUT do?
PUT is an HTTP method that is used to update or replace a resource on a server.
What does PATCH do?
PATCH is an HTTP method used to partially update an existing resource on the server.
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