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This article explains a 6-step framework that non-technical PMs can use to crack system design interview questions Step 1: list major functional and non-functional requirements Functional requirements — Features/use cases that the product should supp...
Functional requirements: user should be able to upload videos user should be able to view/consume videos user should be able to view other user's profile Non-functional requirements: Eventual consistency ( it is okay for a video to be eventuall...
Pre-requisites: What is a robust system?-A system that has capability to cope with errors What is Scalable System?- A system that can handle increase or decrease of load with no drop in performance What is vertical scaling?-Scaling a system by adding...
Client-Side Rendering: When a user requests a web page from the server & the browser receives the response. It has to render the response on the window in the form of an HTML page. For this, the browser has several components, such as the: Browser e...
In this article, we will get an insight into the HTTP Push & Pull mechanism. We know that the majority of the communication on the web happens over HTTP, especially wherever the client-server architecture is involved. There are two modes of data tran...
What is Rest? REST stands for Representational State Transfer. It’s a software architectural style for implementing web services. Web services implemented using the REST architectural style are known as the RESTful Web services. REST API: A REST API ...
In this article, we will learn how communication takes place between the Client and the Server. Request-Response Model: The client & the server have a request-response model. The client sends the request & the server responds with the data. If there ...
The primary task of a web server is to receive the requests from the client & provide the response after executing the business logic based on the request parameters received from the client. Every service, running online, needs a server to run. Serv...
The client holds our user interface. The user interface is the presentation part of the application. It’s written in Html, JavaScript, CSS and is responsible for the look & feel of the application. The user interface runs on the client. The client ca...