The document outlines key information on Facebook development, emphasizing the integration of technical and marketing aspects on the platform, which boasts over 200 million users. It provides an overview of available libraries, API communication methods, and social features for application development, as well as steps on how to get started with Facebook development. Additionally, it lists resources for learning various Facebook development tools and accessing community support.

1. ESSENTIALS OF
FACEBOOK
DEVELOPMENT
by Jesse Stay
The “Social” Geek
Author, FBML Essentials (O’Reilly)

2. JOIN THE DISCUSSION
ON FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FBML-Essentials/
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Become a Fan!

3. WHERE TO FIND ME
• Twitter: @Jesse
• FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/jessestay
• Facebook: http://jessestay.socialtoo.com
• Blog: http://StayNAlive.com

4. WHY FACEBOOK
DEVELOPMENT?
• “Social Software Development”
• The weaving of Technical and Marketing
• 200 million plus users
• Relationships between those users
• The ultimate platform to spread your software

5. FACEBOOK PLATFORM
• Traditional Software Development
• API Communication
• Social Integration Points

6. TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT IN FACEBOOK
• Librariesavailable for most languages - Perl, PHP,
Java, Ruby, .NET, others
• Official Library is PHP, with Java being “semi-official”
• Javascript Client API and/or FBJS
• HTML and FBML
• Download libraries at
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/
Client_Libraries

7. FACEBOOK API
COMMUNICATION
• Traditional REST calls
• Yousend GET/POST communication via a URL, Facebook
Returns an XML/JSON response
• Certain calls require authentication
• App requires API Key, some times Private Key
• Mostly, the libraries do most of the work!

8. SOCIAL INTEGRATION
POINTS
• Canvas Page
• Profile Box
• Wall
• News Feed
• Publisher
• Notifications
• Requests
• Tabs

9. FACEBOOK CONNECT
• The Future of Facebook Platform
• Start
with your own website, then integrate
Facebook on top
• Access to entire Facebook API, from your website
• Universal login and registration for your users
• Works on top of the Facebook Javascript Client
Library

10. ARCHITECTURE

11. LET’S GET STARTED!
1.Get a Developer Account
1.http://developer.facebook.com

12. LET’S GET STARTED!
2.Add Your Application, Fill out Form
1.http://developer.facebook.com/get_started.php

13. LET’S GET STARTED!
3.Write some code
1.Basic FBML:
2.Facebook API:

14. LET’S GET STARTED!
4.Test Your App!
http://apps.facebook.com/fbmlessentials/test.php

15. FACEBOOK CONNECT
• XFBML
• http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/09/intro-to-facebook-
connect-development/

16. GET STARTED LEARNING
• Learn FBML Tags Available
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/FBML
• Learn API Methods Available
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/API
• Learn Facebook Connect
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Facebook_Connect
• Learn FBJS, FQL
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/FBJS
• http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/FQL
• Learn how your Language-specific Library adapts the API

17. OTHER RESOURCES
• Facebook Developers Wiki - http://wiki.developers.facebook.com
• Facebook Developers Forums - http://forum.developers.facebook.com
• IRC - freenode - irc.freenode.net #facebook
• Facebook Page - http://page.fbmlessentials.com
• AllFacebook.com
• InsideFacebook.com
• FaceReviews.com
• StayNAlive.com (of course!)
• Hire Me!