Performance of social apps

The success of social networking sites like Facebook hinges on attracting and retaining more users. Their main focus is to build on-line communities that share common activities or interests. Testing such social applications requires knowledge and understanding of social networking architecture.

This white paper focuses on Performance Testing of Widgets, APIs, and Apps, dropped onto web pages of a third party web site. This paper is based on the experience of teams from Imaginea in developing and testing large Facebook applications or PoCs.

The paper also discusses the role standards play in functional testing of social network applications. It then explains social networking architecture and the requisite approach to test the performance of such applications.

Download the white paper to understand social apps from a performance testing standpoint.