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October 16th, 2019 ×

The Fundamentals - Server Side

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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk about server side fundamentals — the important things you should know if you're interested in diving into server side.

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Show Notes

2:53 - Requests and responses

9:21 - What is a server?

10:33 - Ports

13:50 - Database connection and interaction

15:16 - Cookies and sessions

15:48 - Writing files and directory permissions

19:34 - Headers

22:13 - Error Handling

22:50 - Logs

25:04 - Async data handling

26:33 - Routing

30:44 - Mime types

36:26 - Authentication

37:49 - Environmental variables

40:37 - Deployment

43:24 - Advanced

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