I'm in my first year of computer science studies, and I've been tasked by my professor to create a portfolio website. The requirements are that it must use HTTPS, have 'www' as the subdomain, and it has to be free; otherwise, we won't pass this lab activity. This is overwhelming since we've only just started learning Java and this kind of project feels way too advanced for us at this stage. Can anyone guide me through how to achieve this?
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You might want to check out the GitHub Education pack; it offers a year of a free domain, which you can use with GitHub Pages for hosting your site. This setup provides HTTPS automatically, and it's a great option for static sites. If you don’t want to mess with domains, using a free service that supports HTTPS like GitHub Pages would be a good move.
Make sure you clarify your professor's expectations. You can run a local HTTPS server on your computer for testing, but for public accessibility, you'll inevitably need to either pay for a domain or use a free hosting option like GitHub Pages, which requires a domain name that you may need to procure.
Yeah, we already asked for clarification, but he wasn’t much help. It feels like he doesn’t want to just give us the answers.