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Informationen zum Autor John Maver has been involved with the Facebook! Bebo! and MySpace platforms from the time they were released! and he has written several successful applications. He has been a speaker at conferences and webinars about Facebook development and was the Featured Developer for the Bebo platform in the spring of 2008. As cofounder and Principal of Thought Labs! John has worked with small businesses and Fortune 100 companies to find the right goals! strategies! and implementations for their social media campaigns. Prior to specializing in social media! John spent ten years leading software-development teams and building award-winning software-debugging products. Cappy Popp frequently speaks about Facebook and other topics at conferences such as GSP East! MITX! Social Media Business School! and others. He has been developing popular applications for Facebook and other social networking platforms since they launched. Cappy also cofounded Thought Labs! where he's implemented many thriving social media solutions for clients of all sizes! from small businesses to some of the world's largest companies. In addition to “budding author!” Cappy has enjoyed many careers! including executive chef! principal software engineer of award-winning debugging tools! and flourishing entrepreneur. Alright! he's still working on that last one…. In his comically fleeting spare time! he is a die-hard foodie with a passion for ethnic cuisine. Klappentext With more than 250!000!000 active users! Facebook is the world's #1 social networking platform. But developing successful Facebook applications presents unique challenges! both technical and nontechnical. Now! two of the world's most experienced Facebook developers show you exactly how to meet those challenges. Essential Facebook Development offers insider guidance and up-to-the-minute best practices for the entire application lifecycle: design! coding! testing! distribution! post-launch monitoring! and metrics-even application marketing. Using extensive real-world examples! John Maver and Cappy Popp reveal why some Facebook applications succeed brilliantly while others fail. Next! they walk through using every major component of the Facebook platform to build a complete application that has already proven successful in the marketplace. Maver and Popp thoroughly cover Facebook's most important new features! including Profile and Facebook Connect. They also provide extensive information available in no other book-from advanced application tuning guidance to adapting Facebook apps for the hot new Bebo platform. Whether you're developing your first social networking application or you've been doing it for years! Essential Facebook Development will help you get better results-every step of the way. Coverage includes Thorough! up-to-the-minute introductions to Facebook's current architecture! integration points! and development technologies Successful Facebook applications-and what makes them successfulWhat every developer must know about Facebook's Terms of UseCreating effective Facebook application infrastructure! one step at a timeAdding support for profiles! canvas pages! and messagingIncorporating JavaScript in your Facebook applications with FBJSIntegrating Facebook into external sites with Facebook Connect and Facebook JavaScript LibraryEfficiently debugging Facebook applicationsSpreading! monitoring! and tuning applications after they're in production Zusammenfassung Facebook is the world's #1 social networking platform. But developing successful Facebook applications presents unique challenges! both technical and nontechnical. Now! two of the world's most experienced Facebook developers show readers exactly how to meet those challenges. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface xvi Part I: Introduction to Facebook Applications Chapter 1: Facebook A...
