# Would topics on internet basics be helpful?

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**Created:** [July 26, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-topics-on-internet-basics-be-helpful/636950 "2017-07-26T05:08:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-topics-on-internet-basics-be-helpful/636950/1 "2017-07-26T05:08:47Z")

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Almost all the content on the site is about web development related topics. An important part of that is just talking about how the internet works, how a browser works, etc. That is something that I’ve never covered before, but I think it is one of those things that is good for any web developer/designer to be familiar with. What do you all think?

Here are some initial ideas:

1. How does the internet work? (DNS servers, etc.)
2. What is SSL?
3. What is HTTP/2
4. What happens when you visit a web page?
5. How does a typical browser work?
6. How do push notifications work?
7. How does e-mail work?
8. How does a database work?

Any others?

🙂

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**Author:** ![Jonny\_Silva](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/jonny_silva/32/7836_2.png) [@Jonny\_Silva](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jonny_Silva)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-topics-on-internet-basics-be-helpful/636950/2 "2017-07-26T13:31:37Z")

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That would be great !

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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-topics-on-internet-basics-be-helpful/636950/3 "2017-07-26T23:27:49Z")

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[I like it!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Jjz7pH_Cg)

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-topics-on-internet-basics-be-helpful/636950/4 "2017-09-11T03:03:48Z")

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(bump - I’m finally going to start on this! I updated the first post with some topics that came to mind. Please suggest others!)