Building an HTTP Web Server From Scratch in C: The Networking Skills Most Developers Never Learn (opens in new tab)

Introduction Have you ever used a browser and wondered what actually happens after you press Enter on a URL? Most developers use web frameworks and libraries every day, but very few understand the networking foundations that make the web work. To bridge that gap, I decided to build an HTTP web server from scratch in C. This project was much more than writing code. It was a journey into sockets, networking, HTTP communication, system design, and low-level programming. By the end of it, I not o...