Network Essentials for Web Developers: A Practical Guide to IP, DNS, HTTP, Load Balancers, SSL, and Troubleshooting

The Networking Book for Web Developers - Not Network Engineers"It works on localhost but not in production."If you've ever said that, this book is for you. Network Essentials for Web Developers covers exactly the networking knowledge a web developer needs - from IP addresses and DNS to load balancers, SSL certificates, and debugging 502 errors.What You'll Learn- Part 1 - Foundations: IP addresses, subnets, CIDR, ports, TCP/UDP, DNS resolution, HTTP/HTTPS- Part 2 - Infrastructure: Load balancers, reverse proxies, Nginx, SSL/TLS certificates, CDN and caching- Part 3 - Troubleshooting: Connection failures, performance debugging, CORS, 502/503/504 errors- Part 4 - Security: Firewalls, security groups, VPN, web security, authentication and authorizationWho This Book Is For- Web developers debugging mysterious connection failures- Junior developers deploying to production for the first time- Full-stack developers who want to understand what happens between fetch() and the response- Cloud users configuring VPCs, security groups, and load balancersPart of the "Essential Knowledge for Web Developers" series. No CCNA required - just enough to debug why your app can't connect.