facebook development on .NET jocelyn villaraza

ingredients
• facebook account
• a hosting provider + domain
• facebook toolkit (http://www.codeplex.com/FacebookToolkit)
• Visual Studio 2008
• a creative idea
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step 1
• Visit http://www.facebook.com/developers
and +Set Up New Application
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step 2
• Fill in the necessary details
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step 3
• Take note of your API & Secret…
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anatomy of a facebook application
Callback URL
iframe FBML
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iframe development
• “localhost” debugging
• flexibility in terms of the content
http://apps.facebook.com/pissbook facebook
facebook
My Application
http://myserver.com/myapp
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fbml development My Application
• facebook look & feel
http://myserver.com/myapp
pssst…
<fb:name /> <br />
<fb:profile-pic />
facebook
theuser
http://apps.facebook.com/pissbook
facebook
theuser
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step 4
• Create a new Web Application with Visual Studio and add
references to Facebook.dll & Facebook.WebControls.dll
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resources
• http://www.facebook.com/developers
• http://www.codeplex.com/facebooktoolkit
• http://developers.facebook.com
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.ph
p/FBML
• http://innovativesingapore.com/blogs/jocelyn
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