HTTP

这是一本把HTTP讲成'系统'而非'协议字典'的书。多数技术书止步于告诉你请求与响应长什么样，它却带你看清报文如何沿上下游流动、浏览器为何把并行连接数刻意压到4条、持久连接与并行为何必须联手才高效。读者反复提及的正是这种'把机制讲活'的质感：形象、有用，读完后有余力直接啃RFC。它的独特之处在于跳出HTTP本身，把TCP、DNS、MIME等核心组件如何协作一并讲透，让Web应用'为何这样运转'变得可见。适合想建立整体观、不满足于'会用但不明所以'的Web开发者；若只为查单个状态码，它或许显得面面俱到而缺insight。

Brian Totty, Ph.D. was a member of Inktomi Corporation's founding engineering team, and served as Inktomi's Vice President of R&D where he co-developed Inktomi's search engine database, and led the development of Inktomi's web caching and streaming media technologies. Formerly, he was a scientist at Silicon Graphics and at Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group. Brian Totty has received several awards for research and teaching excellence, and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in Computer Science from M.I.T. David Gourley is the Chief Technology Officer of Endeca, where he leads the research and development of Endeca's knowledge navigation products. Prior to working at Endeca, David designed and developed core components of Inktomi's Internet-scale search database and was a senior developer of Inktomi's web caching products. David earned a B.A.in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.