Resources

• MDN HTTP overview and Internet mechanics: first-pass message and network models.
• Python urllib.request, http.server and JSON: look up the supplied adapters and parsing behavior. The server is explicitly instructional.
• Python for Everybody: optional selective reading on networked programs and web services. Full-book reading is not required.

The standard-library approach avoids installation and account setup. Frameworks, TLS implementation, authentication, distributed retries and production operations remain in later semesters. Sources checked 2026-10-27; no claim is made that the small lab covers the full HTTP specification.