How HTTP Works with Julia Evans

Julia Evans is best known for her zines and blog posts that break down technical topics in a friendly way. She has written educational material on everything from Linux system calls to working with managers.She joins us to talk about what she learned while writing her latest zine: HTTP: Learn your browser's language.Timestamps:0:50 - Why write a zine about HTTP?1:21 - What's a header that could break your site?2:50 - What does HTTP look like?5:58 - What headers are most important?8:39 - Response Codes12:26 - Authentication14:57 - Cookies18:37 - Using browser development tools19:46 - Caching and CDNs25:46 - Referrer Header and Hotlinking images27:34 - Resuming file downloads 30:00 - URLs32:11 - Why webpages show different languages34:34 - Same Origin Policy / CORS43:42 - Compression / GZIP45:58 - Intermediate Programming Education49:35 - Picking topics for blogs and zines57:10 - Picking an audience to write to59:54 - Types of educational material (zines, books)64:03 - Why Julia likes the zine format65:53 - Working on education full timeLinks:HTTP: Learn your browser's languageJulia's blogJulia's twitterWizard ZinesMozilla Developer Networknetcat