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<h1>Web Server</h1>
<p>A web server handles Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) requests from
clients. The client is usually a browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox,
and Chrome, but it can also be a headless browser like
<a class="reference external" href="http://phantomjs.org/">phantomjs</a> (commonly used for testing), a
commandline utility like wget or curl, or a web crawler. The web server
processes the request and sends a status code and depending on the
status code a content response as well.</p>
<p>In a simple case, the client will request a static asset such as a picture
or JavaScript file. The file sits on the file system in a location the
web server is authorized to access and the web server sends the file
to the clinet with a 200 status code. If the client already requested the
file and the file has not changed, the web server will pass back a 304
"Not modified" response indicating the client already has the latest version
of that file.</p>
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<p>A web server sends files to a web browser based on the web browser's
request. In the first request, the browser accessed the
"www.fullstackpython.com"
address and the server responded with the index.html HTML-formatted file.
That HTML file contained references to other files, such as style.css and
script.js that the browser then requested from the server.</p>
<p>Sending static assets (such as CSS and JavaScript files) can eat up a
large amount of bandwidth which is why using a Content Delivery Network
(CDN) is important when possible (see the content delivery network
section for a more detailed explanation).</p>
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<h2>Web Server Resources</h2>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://library.linode.com/web-servers/apache/mod-wsgi/ubuntu-10.04-lucid">Apache and mod_wsgi on Ubuntu 10.04</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://articles.slicehost.com/nginx">Nginx web server tutorials</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://carrot.is/coding/nginx_introduction">Nginx for Developers: An Introduction</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://tautt.com/best-nginx-configuration-for-security/">Nginx security configuration example</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html">HTTP Status Codes</a></p>
<p><a class="reference external" href="http://blog.zachorr.com/nginx-setup/">Battle ready Nginx - an optimization guide</a></p>
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