Phase 1 · Internet & Backend Basics
TopicsHTTP Methods
Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap.
Summary
GET, POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE — the verbs that tell a server what kind of operation a request represents, and the basis of RESTful API design.
How to Learn This
- 1Build a tiny API with one endpoint per method against the same resource.
- 2Learn which methods are idempotent (safe to retry) and which aren't.
- 3Understand when to use PUT (full replace) vs PATCH (partial update).
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