What all does developer need to know to develop a social networking site?

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First of all allow me to make this clear that I want to develop a social networking site for purpose of learning and learning only! I am not dreaming of developing a social networking site like facebook because lets face it, it's not child's play.
I have one year of experience in Asp.Net C#, sql server. I had tried developing a social networking site few months ago but I was not satisfied with what I developed ( lack of planning in advance). I tried an approach and realized its the wrong way so I had to roll back , this happened many times. For Eg. I used a nested repeater for nested comments, then I realized that if I want to load msgs on scoll down dynamically using jquery then I might have to use divs instead of repeaters. Anyways, I am planning on giving 3 hours everyday for next 6 months to develop a social networking site which has most of the features that facebook has , I mean galleries, posts, nested comments , allow user to post photos videos on anyone's wall, groups , pages , search ,messaging, Privacy options, partial page updates (as good as that of fb). etc etc. I can leave some of the fb functionality which requires higher level of skills and knowledge such as chat feature. sIt's ok if it takes longer than 6 months. But it has to be smooth and look professional. I want to know what all stuff I need to learn? I am familiar with Jquery, javascript.

Posted 29-Dec-13 19:23pm

jim rock

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If you are going to develop the App in ASP.NET, C#, then I would suggest you to definitely study ASP.NET AJAX[^] as it will take a vital role in the App.

Because AJAX would help you update the page or part of the page without PostBack.
It will make your application more secure and responsive.

Learn about the AJAX Control ToolKit[^] and all the controls.

Also if you are familiar with jQuery[^], then it would make your App more responsive and eye-catchy.

Posted 29-Dec-13 20:34pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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jim rock 30-Dec-13 2:47am

Well I think I already know AJAX. As far as AJAX Tool Kit and UpdatePanels are concerned.
I use Jquery/AJAX to send data from webmethod to avoid PostBacks . Is Ajax limited to that? Or is there something more I need to know?

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 30-Dec-13 2:50am

There are many Controls in Toolkit. If you can look all of them, then it would be good.
You can also find this type controls by jQuery Plugins.

So, its your choice. Best of luck.

Solution 3

First thing is, don't expect to make money from it. Second is, if you need to ask, then really you need to do a lot more study before you even start.

Posted 29-Dec-13 21:03pm

Christian Graus

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jim rock 30-Dec-13 3:16am

This is the first thing which I made clear in the description . I am trying to develop a social networking site only for the purpose of learning. I know how hard it is to develop a good social networking site since I had attempted it in the past. Earning money from social networking requires a lot more than programming skills.
I know I need to study a lot before I start and hence .. the question.

Christian Graus 30-Dec-13 3:50am

It's certainly a decent idea for a learning project. Your best bet is to start and ask specific questions as you get stuck on things.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-29T20:25:00

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In addition to what you already know or supposed to know, as well as general programming knowledge and skills, I suggest you learn the problem of server push and some solutions for this problem, especially SignalR. Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-push[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SignalR[^],
http://www.asp.net/signalr[^].

See also my past answer on related topics: Application 'dashboard' for website accounts[^].

—SA

Posted 29-Dec-13 20:25pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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jim rock 30-Dec-13 3:00am

I have no idea about Push technology or SignalR. i will look into it.
Thank You.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Dec-13 3:07am

Will you accept this answer formally? This part is really the key...
—SA

dan!sh 31-Dec-13 15:44pm

This has nothing to do with the question. I am amazed this got accepted as solution.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 31-Dec-13 19:32pm

I don't understand what makes you think so. This is one of the most important aspects of the problem, maybe you just did not realize it yet.
—SA

dan!sh 1-Jan-14 1:38am

No it's not. You can do all the server push you want with a terrible database design and horribly written queries running in backend. What good is it? OP want's to know everything and this certainly is not everything.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 1-Jan-14 1:47am

How could you assume all things you are telling me right now? What's wrong with you? You need to checkup your logic, that's all.
—SA