| Do you have an idea for a Facebook application? With FBML
Essentials, you'll learn how to build it quickly using the
Facebook Markup Language (FBML) and other easy-to-use tools
in the site's framework. If you can develop a website with
HTML, writing a Facebook application with the help of this
book will be a breeze.
Of course, Facebook is not just another website. Any
applications you write for it will have a potential audience
of 16 million dedicated users. It's not just another social
networking site, either. Under the surface, Facebook is
pretty sophisticated, with a development toolkit that
includes it's own modified version of HTML -- FBML -- to
customize the look and feel of your Facebook applications.
With FBML Essentials, you not only learn how to get started
with this toolkit, you also get a complete reference on
every FBML tag Facebook has ever written, with examples of
how each tag works and advice on the best ways to use these
tags in your code.
This book includes:
A walkthrough of a sample Facebook application
Design rules for using images, CSS, JavaScript, and forms
Specific chapters on tags -- authorization tags, logic tags,
user/group tags, profile-specific tags, and more
Messaging and alerts using FBML
Creating forms with FBML
Facebook navigation
Notifications and requests
Dynamic FBML attributes, including MockAJAX
How to test your FBML code
A chapter on FBJS, Facebook's version of JavaScript
If you want to try your hand at writing a Facebook
application, you have a willing audience, an easy-to-use
toolkit, and the perfect guide to get you started. FBML
Essentials will help you take your idea from conception to
working application in no time.
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