HTTP 1 vs 2

Node app to compare http 1 vs 2 protocol.

Prerequires

1. Git 2.9+
2. Node 7.5+

Running

Clone

git clone https://github.com/humbertodias/node-http-1-vs-2.git 
cd node-http-1-vs-2
npm install

HTTP/1

node http-1.js

Browser

http://localhost:3001

HTTP/2

node http-2.js

Browser

https://localhost:3002

Result

http/2 spent 223/48 = 4.66x less bytes than http/1 response.

Protovcol	Size	Time
http/1	223B	25ms
http/2	48B	21ms

Comparison

node http-compare.js

Browser

http://localhost:3003

The original image has 512x512 and each tile was cropped as 16x16

convert -crop 16x16 img/nodejs.png img/tile-%d.png

References

1. Easy HTTP/2 Server with Node.js and Express.js
2. As-fantasticas-novidades-do-http-2-0-e-do-spdy
3. http-2-with-node-js
4. http2-curl-macosx