[modi123_1]

I was thinking about throwing together a low level facebook application - you know to work through the kinks of actually making something more generally useful.

Has anyone here gone through and made one or tinkered on project doing it?

Any pointers, tips, or pitfall warnings would be appreciated.

[mocker]

It has been a couple years since I worked with the facebook api, but if it's the same, it really isn't that much different than writing any other program.

The api itself is used like a database; you request a list of friends, or photos, or whatever, then its up to you do whatever you need with that data, and you return a chunk of html for it to display. Just like working with any other php program that deals with user accounts,except instead of making db calls you request the info from facebook.

[kewlkreator]

Baisicly Flash right?

[modi123_1]

Okay.. php.. it would assume I can write a stand alone app that doesn't use the facebook data and say.. interacts with my own database, right?

[Mangotastic]

Everything you need to know is on the Facebook website (http://developers.facebook.com/). There are even a set of libraries for PHP, a Wiki and forums too. As mocker said - it's not really that difficult or very different from working with any other web app (other than where your data is coming from and the format your data is coming out in.)

If you want a really quick start tutorial try http://www.merchanto...k-php-tutorial/

~ Craig

This post has been edited by Mangotastic: 14 August 2009 - 03:35 PM

[LostPunisher]

I messed around with it once, and it wasn't for me.