How the web works (for absolute beginners)
A plain walkthrough of browsers, servers, URLs and pages — enough to understand what happens when you open a website.
Syllabus
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What you will learn
By the end you should be able to explain, in your own words, what a browser asks for and what a server sends back.
The short version
You type an address. Your browser asks a computer on the internet for a page. That computer (the server) sends HTML, CSS and maybe JavaScript. Your browser turns those files into what you see.
URL, domain, path
URL is the full address. The domain (like deienami.com) points at a server. The path (like /tutorials) tells that server which page you want.
Try this
- Open any website and look at the address bar.
- Change only the path (after the first single slash) and see what happens.
- Open browser DevTools → Network and reload. Watch the first document request.
What to learn next
Once this feels familiar, read the API tutorial — that is how programs talk to servers without a full page reload.