Large Scale Web Applications Using WordPress

Large scale web application

Large set of users x multiple interactions x large data
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A web application

Web Software that is created for a specific purpose/objective
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Any web application can be logically seperated into
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Content – Data the application contains
Users – types of users that uses the application and access/contribute content
Interactions – way in which user access/contributes content
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Logic

Mapping of the application's 3 areas (specified in the previous slide) logically makes it easy to decide WordPress can be used to develop the application
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Example for logical mapping

A Job Board broadly consists of the following content/users/interactions

1. Job Postings
2. Employee
3. Employers
4. Post a Job
5 Apply for a job
6. Search for a job
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Another Example for logical mapping

A Real Estate Portal broadly consists of the following content/users/interactions

1. Properties
2. Builders
3. Buyers
4. Enquiry
5 Post Properties
6. Search Properties
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Who decides the platform

1. Website owners or product owners
Typically non technical website/product creators are influenced by what is said to them
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Major objectives of the the product owner
1. Fast Development
2. Scalability
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1. Fast development – As WP is a framework which is ready with basic functions, it is the fastest way to get started
2. Scalability – When the application's data/users/interactions goes beyond certain WP can scale, WordPress.com is the best example with 74 million blogs running on it.
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What developer should see to choose WordPress to develop
1. Application Logic which is the application itself
2. Infrastructure that can support scalability
3. Database Structuring
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Foundation Logic
1. WordPress framework makes it possible to implement any application logic
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Infrastructure
Scalability can be supported with proper Infrastructure
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Database Structuring
Optimized database structure, DB Caching makes it feasible to create large apps with WP
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