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Stop 23 · Interview PreparationTechnical · 4/8

HTTP & REST fundamentals

Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap

In short

Fluent, fast recall of HTTP methods, status codes, and REST conventions — frequently tested as quick-fire questions or embedded in take-home API design tasks.

How to learn this

  1. 1Make a flashcard set of common status codes and drill them until instant.
  2. 2Practice explaining idempotency and statelessness with concrete examples.
  3. 3Be ready to critique a poorly designed REST API shown to you in an interview.

More technical at this stop

Node.js, Express, Databases, APIsSystem design (backend)Database design & normalizationCaching strategiesConcurrency & the event loopSecurity (OWASP Top 10)Debugging distributed systems

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