Layman's Guide to Computing

Articles in the Season 01 category

Issue 0: Why write a newsletter?

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By J S Ng

Issue 1: Why make an app?

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By J S Ng

Issue 2: Don’t reinvent the wheel

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By J S Ng

Issue 3: What is all this clutter?

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By J S Ng

Issue 4: What is an API?

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By J S Ng

Issue 5: What is JSON?

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By J S Ng

Issue 6: How do you use an API?

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By J S Ng

Issue 7: What is HTTP?

HTTP is a set of rules for sending and receiving webpages that link to other webpages. According to the rules, if you want a webpages, you (the client) must send a (HTTP) request to a server, which will return a response.

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By J S Ng

Issue 8: HTTP error codes—How does a server let the client know if there’s something wrong with their HTTP request?

A request or a response consists of a header and a body. The response header contains information about the response. The status code in the response header determines if the request was successful or unsuccessful.

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By J S Ng

Issue 9: How do I make an HTTP request?

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By J S Ng

Issue 10: How do websites actually know if you are really you?

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By J S Ng

Issue 11: How does wifi work?

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By J S Ng

Issue 12: What is HTTPS? How is it different from HTTP?

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By J S Ng

Issue 13: How do I use HTTPS?