Facebook Graph API Development with Flash

Description

If you are an AS3 developer and want to create applications or games that integrate with Facebook, this step-by-step beginner's guide is for you. Even with no previous experience with Facebook, databases, or server-side programming, you can count on this book, which gives you the empty shell of an AS3 Facebook RIA, and guides you through writing the Facebook interaction code with fun examples, exercises, code snippets, illustrative screenshots, and short quizzes. It covers the Facebook Graph API for retrieving data and Facebook security, permissions, and authentication. It leads you through all the major learning points in a smooth, logical order and helps you avoid some common pitfalls. Throughout the book, you build two fundamental components: an RIA Facebook interface and an AS3 SDK that you can drop into any project to add Facebook integration. Everything is written as AS3-only projects with publicly available components, so you can follow whether you use Flash Pro, Flex, or MXMLC.