Software Dev Notes

Web Development

HTTP, frontend, backend and APIs.

Web

How Cookies and Sessions Work in Web Applications

HTTP is stateless, so websites use cookies and sessions to remember users. Learn Set-Cookie, HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite and server-side sessions.

6 min read
Web

How HTTP Request and Response Work, Step by Step

HTTP is the request and response protocol behind the web. This guide walks through methods, headers, status codes and what happens on each request.

5 min read