Packt Publishing

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http://www.packtpub.com
From: 4/20/2009 To: 4/20/2009 Location: N/A

Social Networking is all about developing connections or ties between friends and associates. While people have always networked with one another the Internet has allowed us to network with people all over the world easily. Any interest or cause can support its own social network, where fans and followers can meet, chat, and share their views. But building a social networking site from scratch involves some complex logic, and some serious coding. This book shows how to build a scalable, enterprise-ready social network using ASP.NET. The book uses the latest features of ASP.NET to provide a platform that is efficient, easy to maintain, and extensible. Whether you want to build your own social network, are developing a social site for a customer or employer, or just want a practical guide to developing complex ASP.NET applications then this book is ideal for you. The book starts by planning the essential features of our social network, and then building a 'community framework' that will give our site a solid foundation and enable us to add all our social networking features. We then go on to create user accounts, profile pages, messaging systems, 'friend' relationships between members, media galleries, blogs, message boards, groups, and more. Along the way you will see LINQ, MVC, AJAX, and other features of ASP.NET 3.5 put to practical and interesting uses.

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Andrew Siemer (7/28/2010):
@elijahmanor congrats!
Andrew Siemer (7/28/2010):
@damienguard the number of downsides of R# compared to its upsides are small!
Andrew Siemer (7/27/2010):
SQL Search from @RedGate is a wonderful tool when in someone else's schema
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Andrew Siemer (7/24/2010):
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Andrew Siemer (7/23/2010):
The downside of having a big family - and therefore a big car: http://tweetphoto.com/34441053
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
Phil Haack @haacked is answering questions in room1 of #MvcConf
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
Phil Haack @haacked is answering questions in room1 of MvcConf
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
(really? serious cool points...) RT @theimp67: Wow, @shanselman took time out of his vacation for the #mvcconf keynote - what a great guy.
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
@jbogard you are gonna make the 5 star rating for sure from what I read on twitter...can't wait to see the recording
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
RT @JamesKovacs: I would have thought that a down vote on a Jon Skeet answer would have resulted in an InvalidOperationException.
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
!!oops..missed the 0 -> RT @jglozano: awesome we have 530 people on the #mvcconf keynote with @shanselman! (and growing!!)
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
RT @jglozano: awesome we have 539 people on the #mvcconf keynote with @shanselman! (and growing!!)
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
#mvcconf - How much did LEGO pay to be a sponsor of MvcConf??
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
#mvcconf 490 people watching hanselman virtually! Great job @jlzander @ehexter @jongalloway
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
as usual @shanselman rocks. His slides really help get his point across! #mvcconf
Andrew Siemer (7/22/2010):
RT @gil_zilberfeld: No need to wait too long - less than 1.5 hrs. live webinar "Unit Testing in the Wild" via #LIDNUG http://bit.ly/9YZphv