Module 1 / Lesson 1
How the browser, server, and page request work
Understand what happens between entering a URL and seeing a rendered page.
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Lesson viewHow the browser, server, and page request work
Learn the essential pieces behind a web request: DNS, HTTP, assets, and browser rendering. The goal is to give beginners a mental model they can keep using as projects become more complex.
- Read the full lesson once for the big picture in web basics and developer setup.
- Write down two principles from how the browser, server, and page request work that you can reuse later.
- Pause before the next lesson and explain the idea back in your own words.