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After my first couple installments of How the Web Works, I received a great suggestion to structure my articles to build off of each other. Based on that feedback, I created the following outline showing topics and their dependencies:

The way this diagram works is the lines represent dependencies: I generally don’t want to introduce a topic until I have covered any topic(s) pointing to it. For example, I wouldn’t write about client-side programming until I write about the web client.

Whether or not you feel like you know all of these topics, none of them, or somewhere in between, I think we’re going to learn quite a bit by going through this structured approach!

Also, I’m sure the list and structure isn’t perfect—but I think it’s a good start! Please let me know any suggestions you might have in the comments.

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