Now you can build Facebook applications that truly stand out among the thousands already available on the platform. This book's easy-to-follow recipes not only give you useful ways to design and build scalable applications using Facebook's development platform, they also provide you with strategies for successfully marketing your application in this highly competitive environment. With plenty of examples and practical solutions, Facebook Cookbook answers some of the hardest questions Facebook application developers contend with -- including how and where to get started.

• Learn to build an application architecture that scales to accommodate a sudden influx of users
• Get tips for designing applications with hosting and deployment costs in mind
• Find out how to use Facebook's various integration points
• Discover which widgets and controls to use for building the most attractive user interface design
• Understand the differences between standard HTML, JavaScript, and SQL, and the versions used on the Facebook Platform
• Learn how to target large defined groups on Facebook, including those who want to find jobs, hire employees, market a business, advertise, and more

If you have experience building simple web applications with HTML, Facebook Cookbook will guide you though Facebook's toolkit, so you can build applications with the potential to reach millions of users around the globe. Learn what it takes to design applications that stand above the rest.

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