Module 2 of 6Lesson 1 of 2~14 min
A request's journey, in six steps
When a page is slow to load or does not load at all, knowing where to look changes everything for a PM. This lesson teaches you to read a URL and follow, step by step, the path of a request from the browser to the servers, so you can tell what happens on the user's side from what happens on yours.
Lesson objective
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to break down a URL and describe, in order, the six steps that lead from the typed address to the displayed page, stating what happens on the user's side and what happens on the servers.
Topics covered
- web request
- client and server
- URL anatomy
- how the web works
- technical literacy
Where it fits
From address to page
What happens between the moment you type an address and the moment the page appears?
Lessons in this module
- A request's journey, in six steps (this lesson)
- Finding the server and securing the connection (DNS and HTTPS)
What you will learn in this module
This lesson is part of the course Explain how a web product works, from browser to server
- Describe the steps of a web request, from the typed address to the displayed page (URL, DNS resolution, encrypted connection, HTTP request and response, browser rendering).
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