#http (21 links)
- One-com/assetgraph github.com
Potentially useful. "An AssetGraph object is a collection of assets (nodes) and the relations (edges) between them. It's a basic data model that allows you to populate, query, and manipulate the graph at a high level of abstraction. For instance, if you change the url of an asset, all relations pointing at it are automatically updated."
418 I'm a teapot: The HTCPCP server is a teapot; the responding entity may be short and stout.
Not entirely buying all the arguments in this one but raises some very worthwhile points.
- Ultimate Htaccess Tutorial for .htaccess files askapache.com
Insanely obsessive htaccess gubbins.
"An HTTP viewer and debugger that integrates with IE and Firefox to provide seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without leaving the browser window." Win only, basic (free) and pro (pay) versions.
- Carsonified » The Definitive Guide to GET vs POST carsonified.com
There is a lot misuse of GET over POST and vice versa. Both HTTP methods can achieve the same goals, but an incorrect choice between them can lead to unexpected and potentially harmful outcomes.
SwitchPipe manages and forwards HTTP requests to Web application processes, automatically managing balancing, port numbers, monitoring and timeouts.
- Ned Batchelder: October 2007 nedbatchelder.com
"When building a web site with HTTPS pages, one of the annoying tasks is to ensure that those pages make no references to HTTP resources. If they do, then Internet Explorer will pop up alarming messages about mixing secure and insecure content". Great tip
- nextthing.org » robots.txt Adventure nextthing.org
Great article following up on a robots.txt survey. The linked HTTP headers survey is amusing, too.
- Poster :: Firefox Add-ons addons.mozilla.org
A developer tool for interacting with web services and other web resources that lets you make HTTP requests, set the entity body, and content type. This allows you to interact with web services and inspect the results.
- Return of the HTTP overhead delay - this time without a server side component - Wait till I come! wait-till-i.com
Following my post yesterday about delaying the loading of avatar images to cut down on HTTP requests I was wondering if there is a way to do this without having to resort to a server side solution.
- Wbox HTTP testing tool hping.org
Wbox aims to help you having fun while testing HTTP related stuff.
- Why you should be using disambiguated URLs simonwillison.net
There’s one aspect of URL design that is often ignored. Good URLs should be unambiguous. By that, I mean that any logical piece of content should have one and only one definitive URL, with any alternatives acting as a permanent redirect.
It turns out that most of web page performance is affected by front-end engineering, that is, the user interface design and development.
"For many sites that reference dozens of external objects, the majority of the page load time is spent in separate HTTP requests for images, javascript, and stylesheets. AJAX probably could help, but speeding up or eliminating these separate HTTP requests
- Simon Willison: Graphing requests with Tamper Data simon.incutio.com
"It shows every component of the page - JavaScript, CSS, images - and when each component started and finished loading. You can use it to get an idea for how long it took between the HTML starting to load and the browser beginning to pull in the CSS, then
Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and the Internet.