Understanding the Request/Response Scenario
If you are new to Internet development or at least development using the Web, the first thing to understand is that Web development is a different paradigm that most of what you are probably familiar with. Especially because most of the business-to-business communication is taken place through protocols such as HTTP/S and the length that a company must go to in order to provide security as well as fast response times.
This section will not go through a lengthy discussion on what makes developing Web-based applications different from the rest. That type of information belongs in a book by itself. However, you do need to understand that most Web-based development involves a request made by a client using ...
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