Building Facebook Applications with HTML and JavaScript

Building Facebook Applications with HTML and JavaScript

with Ray Villalobos

 


Facebook application development is one of the most lucrative and fast-paced niches of the programming world. This course introduces developers and designers who are already familiar with HTML and JavaScript to Facebook app development. Author Ray Villalobos reviews the different types of Facebook apps and tours the Facebook Developer site, reviewing the requirements to be an apps developer. At the end of the course, Ray shows how to create a complete app, from building the initial containers and pages to adding social plug-ins and game controls.
Topics include:
  • Working with the Facebook API
  • Creating a container for an app
  • Creating the basic app page
  • Loading up the JavaScript SDK and initializing Facebook
  • Checking for registered users
  • Adding JSON data feeds
  • Adding social plug-ins
  • Creating feedback with the Feed, Message, and Request dialogs
  • Creating achievements for the app
  • Debugging the app

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author
Ray Villalobos
subject
Developer, Web, Programming Languages, Web Development
software
Facebook
level
Intermediate
duration
3h 0m
released
Jun 14, 2012

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Ray Villalobos

Ray Villalobos

Ray Villalobos is a full-time author and teacher at lynda.com. He is also a speaker and author of the book, Exploring Multimedia for Designers. He has more than 20 years experience in developing and programming multimedia projects. Previously at Entravision Communications, he designed and developed a network of radio station and TV web sites. As a senior producer for Tribune Interactive, he was responsible for designing orlandosentinel.com and for creating immersive multimedia projects and Flash games for the site. You can follow Ray @planetoftheweb on Twitter or visit his web site at planetoftheweb.com.
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