Facebook Application Development

Description

* The wildly popular Facebook social networking platform has published an open Application Programming Interface (API) and developers are eating it up--60,000 signed up to use it in the first few days; with this API, any programmer can create applications and new features for Facebook
* Explores and explains the components available to programmers, including working with Facebook Markup Language (FBML), querying Facebook with FQL, application layout and flow, advanced configuration and performance tuning, and more
* Businesses such as NBC, Yahoo!, Red Bull, Forbes, and the Washington Post are building branded applications to reach the growing Facebook community

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments.

  
Introduction.

  Part I: Understanding the Facebook Platform.

  
Chapter 1: Facebook as a Platform.

  
Chapter 2: Building Your First Application.

  
Chapter 3: Facebook Markup Language (FBML).

  
Chapter 4: Advanced FBML.

  
Chapter 5: Using the Facebook API.

  
Chapter 6: Data Mining with FQL.

  
Chapter 7: Authentication.

  Part II: Building Facebook Applications.

  
Chapter 8: Resources for Developers.

  
Chapter 9: Doing More with Hello World.

  
Chapter 10: External Application Development.

  
Chapter 11: Best Practices.

  
Appendix A: PHP File Reference.

  
Index.