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What happens when you type a URL into your browser?

🕵️ Curious about what happens when you type a URL into your browser?

📖 Check out my latest article for a high-level overview!

👨‍💻 Written for Junior Software Engineers preparing for a System Design interview or experienced developers looking for a 10,000-foot view.

🌐 Covers the three main steps: DNS resolution, HTTP request/response to a web server or a CDN, and web page rendering.

💻 Explains how the Domain Name System (DNS) is used to resolve the domain name into an IP address required for the machine to access the website.

💻 Discusses how the HTTP protocol is implemented and its usage in requesting web servers and content delivery networks (CDNs).

📖 Split into two parts, with this one covering the high-level overview, best suited for beginners. The next article will cover more details like HTTP headers, HTTPS key exchange, and much more at a lower level of abstraction.

https://cloudnativeengineer.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-type-a-url

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