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Write beginner friendly documentation for HTTP client

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Description

Issue by jrudolph
Wednesday Feb 11, 2015 at 14:05 GMT
Originally opened as https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/16859


Migrated from spray/spray#676 which contains several ideas about how to improve the existing (spray) documentation and what beginners would expect when starting with an HTTP client API.

/cc @sirthias

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Research direction

Review the existing HTTP client documentation and the ideas in spray/spray#676, which this issue identifies as the source of requirements. Agree on beginner scenarios and completion criteria with maintainers before editing; done means the documentation explains how newcomers use the HTTP client API.

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Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
api, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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