Udemy – HTTP & HTTPS: From Knowing Nothing to Knowing Everything! 2025-7

HTTP & HTTPS: From Knowing Nothing to Knowing Everything! is a course on understanding how the web works at the protocol level, published by Udemy Online Academy. This is a comprehensive course designed to take learners from a complete beginner to a confident expert in understanding how the web works at the protocol level. The course explores the mechanisms behind web communications, focusing on how data is transferred securely and efficiently between clients and servers using HTTP and HTTPS. In this comprehensive HTTP & HTTPS course—designed to take you from a complete beginner to a confident performer—take an in-depth look at the most fundamental web communication protocols. Whether you’re a developer, a security enthusiast, or simply curious about how web and network protocols work, this course will give you a practical and thorough understanding of modern web communications and security.

You’ll start by understanding the basics of HTTP – methods, headers, status codes, cookies, and RESTful APIs – and gradually move into the world of HTTPS, SSL/TLS encryption, secure HTTP headers, XSS, CSRF protection, and more. You’ll also configure HTTPS on local web servers (Apache and NGINX) using self-signed certificates and Let’s Encrypt, explore HTTP/2 and HTTP/3, and learn how to improve performance through caching, compression, and best practices.

What you will learn in HTTP & HTTPS: From Knowing Nothing to Knowing Everything!:

• Understand how HTTP and HTTPS work, including methods, headers, cookies, and status codes
•  Build and secure RESTful APIs using real-world HTTP implementations
•  Configure HTTPS with SSL/TLS in Apache and NGINX using self-signed certificates and Let’s Encrypt
•  Implement security measures such as CSP, HSTS, secure headers, and prevent XSS/CSRF attacks
•  Analyze and debug HTTP traffic using browser tools and performance optimization techniques
•  Differences between HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3 and their impact on performance
•  And…

Course specifications

Publisher: Udemy
Instructors: Hadeer Hesham
Language: English
Level: Introductory to Advanced
Number of Lessons: 84
Duration: 5 hours and 23 minutes

Course topics

HTTP & HTTPS: From Knowing Nothing to Knowing Everything! Prerequisites

No prior knowledge of HTTP or HTTPS is required — this course starts from the very beginning

Pictures

HTTP & HTTPS: From Knowing Nothing to Knowing Everything! introduction video

Installation guide

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Subtitle: None

Quality: 720p

Download link

Download Part 1 – 1 GB

Download Part 2 – 1 GB

Download Part 3 – 38 MB

Size

2 GB