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Mastering Facebook application development with PHP, Rational Application Developer, WebSphere Application Server, and DB2, Part 1: Set up the components

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Jake Miles (jacob.miles@gmail.com), Freelance writer, Conde Nast

19 May 2008

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Develop a Facebook application using both PHP and Java™ programming languages. This tutorial gives you a first look at Facebook, and then steps you through the process for installing the components needed to create a Facebook application. Next, you'll take a tour of Facebook with respect to how to integrate your application into the site. Finally, you'll get started with a bare-bones application. In Parts 2 and 3 of this tutorial series, you'll learn how to develop the application you created in Part 1.

Prerequisites

This tutorial is for developers with at least some experience developing for the Web with PHP, Java language, Javascript, HTML/CSS, and a relational database, who want to step into the emerging world of Facebook application development. You'll learn about Facebook itself, the various integration points it provides for an application, how Facebook and an application communicate with each other, and how to develop useful and interactive behavior using Facebook's API.


System requirements

To complete the steps in this tutorial, you need the following software. If you don't have the products installed, or don't have the latest release, you can download free trial versions:



Duration

Less than 1 hour


Formats

html, pdf


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