How to Do Everything: Facebook Applications

How to Do Everything, Facebook Applications--------------------------------------------------Create your own Facebook applications! With coverage of Facebook API,FBML, and FQL as well as MySQL and REST, How to Do Everything: FacebookApplications is a clear, start-to-finish guide to developing uniqueapps that run on Facebook Platform. Learn how to integrate Facebookapplications with websites, blogs, and databases, and use your appsto sell a product and market a business, organization, or cause. You'llalso discover how to provide entertainment and information to userswhile creating an advertising platform to make money. Get started quicklyby downloading a pre-built, customizable Facebook application fromthe book's Facebook Page. Understand the Facebook Platform architectureFormat Web pages and manage data using XML, XHTML, and CSS Use PHPand 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 Masterthe Facebook Developer Application Design your application interfaceand implement utilities Integrate MySQL or Data Store data Add viralfeatures including News Feed and Mini-Feed stories, notifications andrequests, Share buttons, and favorites lists Promote your businesswith Facebook Social Ads, Facebook Pages, and Facebook Beacon--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Jesse Feiler has worked as a developer for companiessuch as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Prodigy, and Apple. Heis the author of several computing books, including How to Do Everythingwith Web 2.0 Mashups.