Learn to code

[Linda]

https://www.codecademy.com/

[tonebytone]

PYTHON???? Why do they keep inventing new coding languages???!!! It seems the more complicated a page's source code is, the quicker it loads! I don't understand this at all! You'd think that the more code and the more complicated the coding, the slower the page will load.

Wrong! It seems that my own pages with very simple php and js take longer to load than pages with miles of source codes. Perhaps if I'd be willing to research how to convert to https, as opposed to the "unsafe" designation of http (without the S), then would my pages load faster? Does a browser, when faced with my "unsafe" urls, hunt for possible terrorists among its codes first, before loading the page! ROTFLOL

[The Professor]

KEY DIFFERENCE
HTTP by default operates on port 80 whereas HTTPS by default operates on port 443. HTTP transfers data in plain text while HTTPS transfers data in cipher text (encrypt text). HTTP is fast as compared to HTTPS because HTTPS consumes computation power to encrypt the communication channel.

[tonebytone]

OK, Prof. Thanks for the explanation. But stuff like this pretty much goes over my head. You've always been light years ahead of my understandings and abilities.

BTW, did you convert to https? If so, was it worth it? And was it difficult to do?

What the heck are ports, anyway?

[Linda]

https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-https-3467262