HTTP is a protocol, or a definite set of rules, for accessing resources on the web. Resources could mean anything from HTML files to data from a database, photos, text, and s… See more

Now that we know what HTTP is and why it’s used, let’s talk about the different methods we have available to us. In the weather app example above, we wanted to retrieve we… See more

Now that we’ve covered what an HTTP request is, and why we use them, let’s make some requests! We’re going to be playing with the GitHub Gist API. You will need a Git… See more

If you're reading this, go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back because you've learned about web APIs, the HTTP protocol, the client-server architecture – and you've … See more