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High Performance Browser Networking (2013)

104 points by charlysl 9y ago

nindalf 9y ago
This is an amazing book. Almost all software engineers would benefit from a basic understanding of networking. Most networking books are in-depth and intimidating, especially the ones that get into the nuts and bolts of packet formats. This book on the other hand provides exactly what most software engineers need to know. It costs nothing to try it either.
tnolet 9y ago
I have the print version since it came out. Required reading for almost all software engineers.
indescions_2018 9y ago
Yup. This is the one I keep under my pillow ;) HTTP/2, Brotli, TLS 1.3. As well as high resolution perf tools for measuring all kinds of scenarios. 8 Web Performance Expert Insights for 2018 https://www.cdn77.com/blog/web-performance-expert-insights-2018/ https://www.cdn77.com/blog/web-performance-expert-insights-2...
synthmeat 9y ago
I am pretty sure this is the most useful IT book I own. 5/5
book_mentioned 9y ago
Gixy: Nginx Configuration Static Analyzer | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14315277#14315887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14315277#14315887 (May 2017) >Klathmon: take a look at the book linked at the bottom of that page which includes a pretty comprehensive section on improving RTT and TLS speeds in general
ElijahLynn 9y ago
Worth noting that this is a Progressive Web App (PWA) and you can read the entire thing in airplane mode!
ElijahLynn 9y ago
This book is really amazing, covers basics of 3/4/5G networking as well. I would say this book is mandatory reading for all engineers who deal with networking. It also covers enough in HTTP that you can get by without reading the entire spec. If I were designing a course I would put the book near the beginning.
inquisitorial 9y ago
Looks exciting! What are the things I should look out (and around) for when I'm reading this (for example, specs that have changed drastically since this book was written, etc.)?
- ElijahLynn 9y ago
  The online version is kept up to date. Ilya keeps a good eye on the Github Issue Queue here https://github.com/igrigorik/hpbn.co/issues https://github.com/igrigorik/hpbn.co/issues.
whois 9y ago
I can not recommend reading this book enough. I learned an insane amount. I find myself using what I learned several times a week. Simply having a slightly more in depth understanding of some parts of networking benfited my thought process hugely when it came to working on problems in that area.

104 points by charlysl 9y ago

This is an amazing book. Almost all software engineers would benefit from a basic understanding of networking. Most networking books are in-depth and intimidating, especially the ones that get into the nuts and bolts of packet formats. This book on the other hand provides exactly what most software engineers need to know. It costs nothing to try it either.

tnolet 9y ago

I have the print version since it came out. Required reading for almost all software engineers.

indescions_2018 9y ago

Yup. This is the one I keep under my pillow ;) HTTP/2, Brotli, TLS 1.3. As well as high resolution perf tools for measuring all kinds of scenarios. 8 Web Performance Expert Insights for 2018 https://www.cdn77.com/blog/web-performance-expert-insights-2018/ https://www.cdn77.com/blog/web-performance-expert-insights-2...

synthmeat 9y ago

I am pretty sure this is the most useful IT book I own. 5/5

book_mentioned 9y ago

Gixy: Nginx Configuration Static Analyzer | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14315277#14315887 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14315277#14315887 (May 2017) >Klathmon: take a look at the book linked at the bottom of that page which includes a pretty comprehensive section on improving RTT and TLS speeds in general

ElijahLynn 9y ago

Worth noting that this is a Progressive Web App (PWA) and you can read the entire thing in airplane mode!

ElijahLynn 9y ago

This book is really amazing, covers basics of 3/4/5G networking as well. I would say this book is mandatory reading for all engineers who deal with networking. It also covers enough in HTTP that you can get by without reading the entire spec. If I were designing a course I would put the book near the beginning.

inquisitorial 9y ago

Looks exciting! What are the things I should look out (and around) for when I'm reading this (for example, specs that have changed drastically since this book was written, etc.)?

ElijahLynn 9y ago
The online version is kept up to date. Ilya keeps a good eye on the Github Issue Queue here https://github.com/igrigorik/hpbn.co/issues https://github.com/igrigorik/hpbn.co/issues.

whois 9y ago

I can not recommend reading this book enough. I learned an insane amount. I find myself using what I learned several times a week. Simply having a slightly more in depth understanding of some parts of networking benfited my thought process hugely when it came to working on problems in that area.