Http protocol mechanisms and objects

Question

I want to better my understanding behind the mechanisms of the Http protocol from a web application dev's perspective. I want to clear my confusion about what objects are involved such as the session object and the request object and when are they generated and terminated and what attributes of them we would commonly use during a web application. At the expense of not making much sense.. I won't say too much more. I just wish to be pointed to a good source of knowledge on this whether it be a book/video/web page/or a detailed response to this post. Thanks kindly.

Answer 1

Try this for HTTP and REST.

Here's a good place to start for sessions.

Wikipedia is a really good source for all HTTP topics as well.