Developing a Social Network Using the Symfony Framework

Abstract

The social network or the next generation of Web 2.0 technology has been one of the popular topics discussed almost everywhere in the world in recent years. Being different from the old Web model, Web 2.0 lets people interact more effectively on the Internet by building a network of people. The objective of this project was to build such a network to comic fans.

This project used the popular technologies on the Web platform, such as PHP programming language, MySQL database system and Ajax interaction model. Furthermore, the Symfony framework, was utilized for quick and efficient development of Web applications.

The result of this project was a website system where people can share their own comics, join in the network of comic fans and enjoy the thousands of comics books. The project was also the core project work and a product from MahShelf Ltd Inc., which is the creator of social comic website (http://www.mahshelf.com)

This project did not only contribute to the business success of the MahShelf, but also created a place for comic fans, which was still missing from the Internet.