An HTTP/1.1 server built from scratch in C++ to explore the protocol that underpins the web.
C++HTTP/1.1SocketsFrom scratch
Technical illustration of the project concept.
The challenge
Modern web frameworks make it easy to deliver a response while hiding the network and protocol details that make the exchange possible.
We built an HTTP/1.1 server from scratch in C++ as a systems engineering project. Its purpose is to study the request-response cycle and the boundary between network input and an HTTP response, without presenting it as a production hosting service.
What we built
A product made of connected parts.
01
Protocol behavior
Understand how an HTTP/1.1 request and response are represented on the wire.
02
Network boundary
Explore the connection between a client, a server process and bytes received over a socket.
03
C++ systems work
Keep the implementation close to the language and operating system rather than delegating the protocol to a web framework.
The result
The project turns HTTP from an abstraction into a concrete systems study. It is an engineering lab, not a claim of standards certification, production readiness or performance benchmarks.
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