Learning Facebook Application Development -- Table of Contents -- Learning Facebook Application Development -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What This Book Covers -- Conventions -- Reader Feedback -- Customer Support -- Downloading the Example Code for the Book -- Errata -- Questions -- 1. Getting to Grips with the Facebook Platform -- The Purpose of the Facebook Platform -- The Standard Web Application Model -- The Facebook Web Application Model -- The Facebook Platform Elements -- The Facebook API -- The Facebook API Test Console -- FBML -- The FBML Test Console -- FQL -- Obtaining the Facebook Client Libraries -- Adding the Developer Application -- Setting Up Your Application -- Required Fields -- Optional Fields -- Base Options -- Installation Options -- Integration Points -- Summary -- 2. Building a Facebook Application -- A Simple Facebook Application -- Getting the Server Ready for Action -- Creating Your First Facebook Application -- The Application Initiation Code -- The Application Code -- Viewing the New Application -- Developing the Simple Application -- Examining Variables -- Using FQL in Your Application -- Writing to the Facebook Profile -- Updating the Facebook Cache -- Mock AJAX and Your Facebook Profile -- Using a Form on Your Profile -- Creating a Dynamic Combo-Box -- Limiting Access to the Form -- Storing Data-Keeping Files on Your Server -- Storing FBML on Your Server -- Storing Data on Your Server -- Summary -- 3. Databases, Dashboards, and the Profile -- Setting up the Database -- Setting the Root Password -- Creating the Database -- Adding a User -- A Table for Our Data -- Migrating Data -- Accessing the Database from Your Facebook Application -- Connecting to the Database -- Using a Remote Database -- Running Queries on the Database -- Obtaining Data from the Database.

Inserting Data into the Database -- Deleting Data from the Database -- Analyzing the Database -- Calculating the Number Items in a Table -- Grouping and Ordering Data -- Updating Everyone's Profile -- Updating the Facebook Cache-Remotely -- Obtaining the Application Session ID -- Using the Session ID to Write to a Profile -- Updating More Than One User's Profile -- Automating the Facebook Cache Update -- A Simple Batch File -- Using At Command to Control the Batch File -- Using Cron to Control the Batch File -- Pros and Cons of the Methods -- Tracking Users -- A Table for Your Users -- Finding Your Application ID -- Adding New Users -- Removing a User -- Defining a Post-Remove URL -- Producing a List of Users -- The Facebook Dashboard -- Adding a Dashboard -- Adding Help to the Dashboard -- Adding an Action to the Dashboard -- The Dashboard Create Button -- Facebook JavaScript -- The Facebook Contextual Dialog -- Summary -- 4. Cooking User Data -- How to Fetch User Data -- FBML -- fb:name -- fb:pronoun -- fb:profile-pic -- fb:user -- Logical Tags -- fb:is-in-network -- fb:if-can-see -- fb:if-can-see-photo -- fb: if-is-friends-with-viewer -- fb:is-if-group-member -- fb:is-own-profile -- fb:if-is-user -- fb:if-user-has-added-app -- fb:if-is-app-user -- FQL -- Let's Have a Look at the Schema -- JOIN as Sub Query -- Effective Searching with Structures -- Common Snippets -- Find All the friends of a User -- Find All Friends Who Have the Current Application Installed -- Find All Friends Whose Birthday Is Tomorrow -- Find Which Groups a Specific User Is Subscribed To -- Find All the Photos Uploaded by the User and in Any Album -- Functions You can Use in FQL -- Using Facebook API to Retrieve Information -- Retrieving Profile Information -- Retrieving List of Friends -- Finding Out If Some Users are Friends -- Retrieving Group Member's Information.

Retrieving a User's Photo -- Facebook Developers Tool -- Summary -- 5. FBJS-The JavaScript -- How FBJS Works -- DOM Manipulation Using FBJS -- DRY Means Don't Repeat Yourself -- Managing Stylesheet with FBJS -- Creating a Drop-Down Menu in FBJS -- Dialog -- Displaying Information -- Accepting User Input -- Contextual or Pop Up? -- Advanced Input System Using Dialogs -- Events -- AJAX -- Common Tasks -- Posting Parameters to Server Side Code -- Posting Multibyte Characters -- Canceling an AJAX Request -- Making Sure that Users have to Log In for the AJAX Request -- Summary -- 6. Feeds -- What Are Feeds? -- How to Publish Feeds -- Sample Application to Play with Feeds -- So How Did it Work? -- Publishing News Feed -- Difference between These Two Methods -- feed_publishTemplatizedAction -- Summary -- 7. Invitations and Notifications -- Invitations -- fb:request-form -- fb:req-choice -- fb:request-form-submit -- fb:multi-friend-selector -- fb:multi-friend-input -- fb:application-name -- Notifications -- notifications_send -- notifications_sendEmail -- Tips for Effective Notification and Emailing -- Summary -- 8. Photos -- Photo API -- photos_getAlbum -- Accessing from an External Application -- Uploading Photo -- Tagging Your Photos -- Slideshow Application -- Summary -- 9. Tools and Multimedia -- Creating a Discussion Board -- Taking Comments from Users -- Making a Wall Using fb:wall -- Increasing Usability Using fb:switch -- Using fb:random to Display a Random Option -- Increasing Usability Using fb:switch -- Sharing Content -- Audio Sharing -- Video Sharing -- Multimedia Contents -- Displaying Photo -- Managing Audio -- Managing Video (FLV Format) -- Summary -- Index.