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Asked: 2026-05-16T22:21:19+00:00

Not having a CS degree has left large holes in my programming related knowledge.

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Not having a CS degree has left large holes in my programming related knowledge.
In particular I’d really like to learn some of the computer networking stuff I would have got in a good CS degree.
The problem I really have is “not knowing what I don’t know”.
So far I know I don’t know anything about the following (as far as computer networks are concearned)

-sockets

-ports

-internet protocol (the whole IP stack I keep hearing about).

Can anyone add more to the list?
Can anyone suggest a project (writing a toy web server?)

Thanks in advance

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  1. Editorial Team

    I recommend reading TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1, by Stevens. It’s surprisingly easy to read and by the end of it you will 1) have learned a lot and 2) have a much better idea of what you still don’t know. 🙂

    As for good projects, I suggest making a toy web client first. Just write something that will download a webpage and save it to a file (like wget or curl). A toy web server is a good second project.

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