Mcgraw-Hill How to Do Everything - Facebook Applications

Get started quickly in creating Facebook Applications with this How to Do Everything book. With coverage of Facebook API, FBML, and FQL as well as MySQL and REST, this is a clear, start-to-finish guide to developing unique apps that run on Facebook Platform. Learn how to integrate Facebook applications with websites, blogs, and databases, and use your apps to sell a product and market a business, organization, or cause. You'll also discover how to provide entertainment and information to users while creating an advertising platform to make money. A pre-built, customizable Facebook application from the book's Facebook Page can be downloaded. Understand the Facebook Platform architecture Format Web pages and manage data using XML, XHTML, and CSS Use PHP and FBML (Facebook Markup Language) Work with the Facebook object, Facebook REST object, and Facebook API Use FQL (Facebook Query Language), Mock-AJAX, FBJS (Facebook JavaScript), and Facebook Mobile Master the Facebook Developer Application Design your application Interface and implement utilities Integrate MySQL or Data Store data Add viral features including News Feed and Mini-Feed stories, notifications and requests, Share buttons, and favorites lists Promote your business with Facebook Social Ads, Facebook Pages, and Facebook Beacon Facebook Applications: What They Are And How To Use Them Use Facebook as a Social Utility Find Your Way Around Facebook Homepage and Profile Find Your Way Around the Rest of Facebook Find Your Way Around Facebook Applications Basic Technologies For Facebook Java Understand General Architecture Implement Security and Authentication Work with Facebook Canvas Page Use Message Callbacks Other Facebook Interactions Case Study: Installing and Using the Book's Facebook Applications