Introduction to Ring & HTTP Basics
Understand the Ring specification as Clojure's interface for web development and fundamental HTTP concepts.
Welcome to Web Dev!
Welcome to web development with Clojure! In this lesson, we'll dive into the basics of how web applications work and introduce Ring, Clojure's standard interface for building web apps.
Understanding these fundamentals is key to creating powerful web services!
The Web's Language: HTTP
The internet relies on a protocol called HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). It's the language web browsers and servers use to talk to each other.
Think of it as a conversation: your browser sends a request, and the server sends back a response.
All lessons in this course
- Introduction to Ring & HTTP Basics
- Routing with Compojure
- Handling Requests & Responses
- Ring Middleware in Depth