[prog] How to Send HTML message to Konqueror web browser....

[meredydd at endymion.com]

Point. However, an HTTP server is the limiting edge. As long as you accept
any headers the client throws at you, and give a valid subset of headers
yourself, you're within spec, and it's enough for a quick and dirty socket
starter program, which is what this appears to be. When you need to be the
flexible one (eg when writing a TCP stream decoder), then even I invariably
break out the RFC. I take your point, however, about the formation of good
habits.

Meredydd

> On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 05:45, meredydd at everybuddy.com wrote:
> > Whoops, resend from corerect email addy:
> > 
> > To be fair, HTTP is very little more than just throwing HTML at the
browser
> > - IMHO the RFC is overkill - just get an Ethereal "Follow TCP stream"
dump
> > of a web connection, or telnet in yourself (eg "telnet www.google.com
80" -
> > you get a raw interface to the server). It takes very little time to
get
> > used to, and while I consider finding information buried in RFCs a
useful
> > skill to master, it's one I haven't gotten very good at, so i tend to
> > prefer "suck it and see". Also gives you good practice at
> > reverse-engineering :-P
> 
> (ahem)
> 
> Speaking as a professional programmer, when writing to protocols:
> 
> * always accept the greatest variation in the protocol you can.
> * always send the strictest to-the-protocol code you can while still
> getting the job done.
> 
> Any other policy leads to code that breaks in unexpected ways.
> 
> I rant and scream and yell at code that doesn't follow the protocols and
> standards, so I make sure to do my best to see that MY code follows
> protocols and standards.
> 
> 
> (personal opinion)
> IMHO, if you write 'suck it and see' code, you don't have a moral leg to
> stand on when you can't read a web page, play a game, or access a server
> because their coders didn't follow the standard.....
> (/opinion)
> 
> 
> Learn to read the RFCs. :)
> 
> In my opinion, it's one of the things that separates a professional
> attitude from an amateur attitude.
> 
> 
> 
> Jenn V.
> -- 
>     "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture 
>         	you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
> 
> jenn at anthill.echidna.id.au     http://anthill.echidna.id.au/~jenn/
> 
> 
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