Archive for April, 2008

Why you should learn to love the 303 HTTP status code

Posted by Lucy April 19th, 2008

Typically, a well designed web application will respond to a POST request with a redirection to a suitable URL (e.g. one that shows the contents of their e-mail inbox, their Facebook homepage etc.). The main advantage of this approach compared to sending whatever resourse the user thinks they are requesting in the body of the [...]