The Route to HTTP/2

Explore the evolution of web protocols in this JSConf.Asia 2015 conference talk. Delve into the limitations of HTTP/1.1 and discover the advancements brought by HTTP/2. Learn about the growing challenges of requests and payload, and understand techniques like spriting, concatenation, and sharding. Examine the motivations behind improving HTTP and the key players involved in its development. Gain insights into HTTP/2's features, including its binary protocol, prioritization capabilities, server push functionality, and multiplexing. Understand the implementation process and recap the main points before being encouraged to further explore this modern protocol that enhances web browsing speed through innovative data transport methods.

Intro
HyperText Transfer Protocol
Requests and payload growth
Spriting
Concatenation
Sharding
Let's fix HTTP instead
Who/what is behind
Binary protocol
Priorities
Server push
Multiplex
Implementation
Recap
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