[mrkeen]

I had a similar starting point (spring web apps), but reached a different conclusion.

The layers and layers of indirection obscured what HTTP is for me, and it took me too long to understand it.

Have a look at https://learnbchs.org/easy.html for a real "oh that's what HTTP is?" moment.

[mordae]

I usually teach HTTP with `nc example.com 80` and then `nc -lp 8080` plus a browser.