The wildly popular Facebook social networking platform has
published an open Application Programming Interface (API) and
developers are eating it up--60,000 signed up to use it in the
first few days; with this API, any programmer can create
applications and new features for Facebook
Explores and explains the components available to programmers,
including working with Facebook Markup Language (FBML), querying
Facebook with FQL, application layout and flow, advanced
configuration and performance tuning, and more
Businesses such as NBC, Yahoo!, Red Bull, Forbes, and the
Washington Post are building branded applications to reach the
growing Facebook community