HTTP/2: A New Excerpt from High Performance Browser Networking

by Ilya Grigorik

The new HTTP/2 standard is finally here. Approved earlier this year, HTTP/2 adds a new binary framing layer that will help make applications faster, simpler, and more robust. This chapter from the new release of High Performance Browser Networking provides a brief look at this updated protocol and explains how it will reduce latency, minimize protocol overhead, and add support for request prioritization and server push.

In this excerpt, author Ilya Grigorik takes you through HTTP/2's design and technical goals, and explains how Google's SPDY played a critical role in the protocol's development. You'll also learn what's required for upgrading a multitude of servers and clients to HTTP/2.

This excerpt covers:

HTTP/2's binary framing layer
Streams, messages, and frames
Request and response multiplexing
Stream prioritization
One connection per origin
Flow control
Server push
Header compression

Genres: Software, Technical

37 pages, ebook

First published May 1, 2015

Reviews

[Diego Garcia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple introduction to benefits of HTTP/2

[DantezyAt2814 · Rating 3 out of 5]

很奇怪，37页也充满车轱辘话。

[Tomáš · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although not a proper book, it served me well as an introduction for the new version of the HTTP protocol.

[Renan Ivo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good Introduction.Works as a teaser to High Performance Browser Networking.