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Tech Tip: Blink Engine Supports HTTP/2
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 17 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: January 30, 2019

The HTTP/2 protocol is a replacement for HTTP which is focused on improving performance. The target of the improvements was mainly end-user perceived latency and network and server resource usage.

The Web Area running the embedded web rendering engine in 64 Bit 4D supports the HTTP/2 protocol.

Below is a site to test for HTTP/2 support:
https://http2.akamai.com/demo

Opening the URL in 64 Bit 4D running the embedded web rendering engine:


Opening the URL when the web client does not support HTTP/2:


Thus it can be beneficial in terms of consistency and performance to use the Blink based embedded web rendering engine.