July 2008
Beginner
192 pages
4h 41m
English
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Useful Resources
As a Facebook developer, like any master of a trade, you cannot succeed without the proper tools and resources. There are a few websites you’ll need to become familiar with if you are going to stay up-to-date in your skills. I’ll list these here.
Tools and Documentation
- Facebook developers website (http://developers.facebook.com)
The official Facebook site for developers and developer documentation.
- Facebook Developer Wiki (http://wiki.developers.facebook.com)
The official Facebook wiki for developers. Go here for the most up-to-date documentation on any FBML, FBJS, or development-related information. Since it’s a wiki, it allows anyone to update the content, and it is updated quite frequently.
- Facebook FBML Test Console (http://developers.facebook.com/tools.php?fbml)
A console to test out your FBML. You enter the FBML in the box provided, and it outputs the rendered markup as HTML.
- Facebook Developers Forum (http://forum.developers.facebook.com/)
Want to ask other Facebook developers a question? This is the place to do so, and to share issues and interact with the Facebook development team.
- Facebook bug tracking and submission (http://bugs.developers.facebook.com/)
If you find bugs in FBML or in any of your Facebook development, submit them here. Search for an existing bug and see its status, or submit a new bug.
- The FBML Essentials Facebook app (http://apps.facebook.com/fbmlessentials)
The official Facebook app for FBML Essentials. I’m creating this app as I write this book, ...
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