Facebook Application Development For Dummies

Learn to choose your platform, plan your strategy, and spread your message with Facebook!
Ready to build the next knockout Facebook app? Whether you′re starting out with a humble (but useful!) HTML tag to welcome visitors to your Facebook page or planning a fully integrated Web site that connects your visitors with their Facebook friends, this book has the scoop. If you know justa bit about HTML and basic scripting, you′re ready to go!
Find the fish — see how you can put your product or servicebefore Facebook users and "fish where the fish are" with apps and Pages
Get the tools — check out the Facebook Developer app and choose a text editor, hosting service, and scripting language
Explore APIs — learn about OAuth 2.0, Graph API, Real–Time Objects, the Search API, and more
Make it mobile — program your app on the iPhone or Android Facebook SDK
Be businesslike — turn app development into a business, advertise and sell your apps, and keep up with the rules
Open the book and find:
How to create developer and test accounts
Tips for setting up an app–hosting foundation
Steps for creating a 5–minute app
How to recreate your Web site within Facebook
Integration points and how to use them
Cool ways to use Social Plugins
How to translate your Web site into multiple languages
Pitfalls to avoid
Learn to:
Install the Facebook toolkit and use the Graph API
Use Facebook Markup Language and Facebook Query Language
Create applications for marketing and making money
Boost your brand with a Facebook page

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Part I: Understanding the Basics of a Facebook Application.
Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Facebook Application Development.
Chapter 2: Building Your First Application.
Chap ter 3: Delving Deeper — Understanding Your Application and Navigating the Application Setup Process.
Part II: Integrating with the Facebook.com Environment.
Chapter 4: Targeting Integration Points.
Chapter 5: Targeting Brands through Facebook Pages.
Part III: From Fishers to Farmers — Building Facebook on Your Own Site.
Chapter 6: Turning Your Web Site into a Facebook Page with Open Graph Protocol and Social Plugins.
Chapter 7: Integrating Facebook on Your Web Site through Graph API.
Chapter 8: Knowing What Information You Have Access To.
Part IV: Delving into APIs.
Chapter 9: Understanding OAuth 2.0 — The Basics of Facebook Authentication.
Chapter 10: Understanding the Essentials — Basic API Calls Every Developer Should Know.
Chapter 11: Getting Updated with Facebook’s Real–Time API.
Chapter 12: Searching with Facebook’s Search API
Chapter 13: Integrating Facebook into a Mobile Experience.
Chapter 14: Testing Your Application.
Part V: Turning Your Facebook Application into a Legitimate Business.
Chapter 15: Helping Your Business and Brand Benefi t from Facebook.
Chapter 16: Preparing for the Worst: What Every Facebook Application Developer Should Know.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 17: Ten Successful Facebook Applications.
Chapter 18: Top Ten Facebook Application Development Resources.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Jesse Stay is a social media technologist, consultant, and developer who specializes in Facebook and related technologies that enable business owners to reach their customers in a viral manner. He is Social Media Director for the LDS Church as well as founder and CEO of Stay N Alive Productions.

Okładka tylna:
Learn to choose your platform, plan your strategy, and spread your message with Facebook!
Ready to build the next knockout Facebook app? Whether you′re starting out with a humble (but useful!) HTML tag to welcome visitors to your Facebook page or planning a fully integrated Web site that connects your visitors with their Facebook friends, this book has the scoop. If you know justa bit about HTML and basic scripting, you′re ready to go!
Find the fish — see how you can put your product or servicebefore Facebook users and "fish where the fish are" with apps and Pages
Get the tools — check out the Facebook Developer app and choose a text editor, hosting service, and scripting language
Explore APIs — learn about OAuth 2.0, Graph API, Real–Time Objects, the Search API, and more
Make it mobile — program your app on the iPhone or Android Facebook SDK
Be businesslike — turn app development into a business, advertise and sell your apps, and keep up with the rules
Open the book and find:
How to create developer and test accounts
Tips for setting up an app–hosting foundation
Steps for creating a 5–minute app
How to recreate your Web site within Facebook
Integration points and how to use them
Cool ways to use Social Plugins
How to translate your Web site into multiple languages
Pitfalls to avoid
Learn to:
Install the Facebook toolkit and use the Graph API
Use Facebook Markup Language and Facebook Query Language
Create applications for marketing and making money
Boost your brand with a Facebook page