DNS & Hosting — Roadmap Step & Resources
Domain names, DNS resolution, web hosting and how a domain points to a server
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: MERN Stack
Before this step
Interview questions
- What is DNS and what does it resolve?
Study resources
- What is DNS? | How DNS Works (Article) — Cloudflare's widely-cited, plain-English explanation of how domain names resolve to servers.
- DNS Explained in 100 Seconds (Video) — Fireship's punchy, well-loved explainer on how DNS resolves domain names to IP addresses.
- How DNS Works Comic (Article) — A fun, memorable visual story and comic explaining root servers, TLDs, and DNS lookup chains.
Part of
- Internet Basics — section
- MERN Stack roadmap — the full learning path