HTTP/HTTPS & REST Basics — Roadmap Step & Resources
The HTTP request/response cycle, methods, status codes and REST conventions
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Java + Spring Boot
Before this step
Interview questions
- What's the difference between PUT and PATCH in a REST API?
Study resources
- An overview of HTTP (Article) — MDN's canonical reference explaining the HTTP request/response cycle.
- What is REST (Article) — A widely-referenced, comprehensive guide to REST architectural constraints and conventions.
Part of
- Internet Basics — section
- Java + Spring Boot roadmap — the full learning path