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I'm not a web developer, but I posted a similar question on Ask.Metafilter last summer (http://ask.metafilter.com/124165/Web-development-big-picture-for-a-nonwe
by silentbicycle 17y ago
I'm not a web developer, but I posted a similar question on Ask.Metafilter last summer (http://ask.metafilter.com/124165/Web-development-big-picture-for-a-nonweb-programmer http://ask.metafilter.com/124165/Web-development-big-picture...) and got some helpful suggestions.
For me, the most useful response in the long run has been delmoi's suggestion to just scrutinize the HTTP 1.1 spec and write a webserver from the ground up. (I'll release the webserver, an embedded coroutining/select-multiplexing server written in Lua, when I release the project driving its development.) My interest was specifically in using HTTP 1.1 / REST as a generic interface for servers, rather than creating dynamic web sites per se, though.
Either way, it definitely helps to have a real project in mind.