Frontend and Backend Web Technologies in Social Networking Sites: Facebook as an Example

Social Networking has been pointed out as an important evolution in the social and Internet history. The leader and the pioneer of this evolution was and still Face book despite the big and tough rivalry nowadays. Although Facebook is very well known and most of the people who surf the Internet use it and know how to use it and what the different pages are and the modules it has, a few number of technologists know the technology basis upon which this success sustains. This research paper shades a light on the web programming aspect and other supporting technologies used for the frontend and backend of social networks. Facebook is taken as an example.