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0. You realize you need an HTTP server. You're presented with a dizzying variety of options and already lost. Are you supposed to get Apache, Navajo, NGINX, IIS, Jetty, lighttpd, heavytpd, httpd, or ApacheNavajoNGINXIISJettylighttpdheavytpdhttpd? Most newbies ask, "Why isn't there a simple [click here to get HTTP server] button?"

1. You get your server by wget, but you still can't install it directly. Your OS wants an executable file, so you Google "How do I create an executable file". The top 10 tutorials tell you to use some software called Eclipse, but that needs some kind of "JVM". What you received in the archive was some ".c" crap. You're lost, no tutorial is helping with what to do with .c files, in what order to concatenate them, and StackOverflow bans your question. You are not fit to operate a computer. (I made this story up too.)

The only way HTTP will gain popularity is if we can get rid of the different servers available and make it easy for newcomers. The majority of content creators unfortunately do not understand the basics of security nor can we expect them to have the patience to learn it.




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