The new HTTP/2 standard is finally here. Approved earlier this year, HTTP/2 adds a new binary framing layer that will help make applications faster, simpler, and more robust.

In this excerpt, author Ilya Grigorik takes you through HTTP/2’s design and technical goals, and explains how Google’s SPDY played a critical role in the protocol’s development. You’ll also learn what’s required for upgrading a multitude of servers and clients to HTTP/2.

This excerpt covers:

• HTTP/2’s binary framing layer
• Streams, messages, and frames
• Request and response multiplexing
• Stream prioritization
• One connection per origin
• Flow control
• Server push
• Header compression

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