Assignment Ideas 💡

Phase 0: Web Warriors ⚔️

Objective: Learn the building blocks of the web, how the internet works, and how the protocols make communication happen.

1. How the Internet Works

• Introduction to the concept of the Internet
• Overview of the World Wide Web (WWW) and its connection to the internet
• How data is transferred across networks
• Understanding IP addresses, domain names, and routing
• Key Concepts: Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Routers, DNS

2. DNS Magic and Internals

• What is DNS (Domain Name System)?
• How DNS resolves domain names to IP addresses
• Types of DNS records: A, CNAME, MX, and more
• DNS Hierarchy: Root DNS servers, TLDs, and authoritative DNS servers
• How browsers query DNS servers to load websites
• Key Concepts: Recursive queries, Caching, TTL (Time-to-Live)

3. Server-Client Architecture

• What is a Client-Server model?
• Differences between Client and Server in web applications