Integrate Flash applications with Facebook using Packt's new book - Technology - Information Technology

Packt Publishing is pleased to announce Flash Facebook Cookbook, a new book that will teach developers to work with the key Graph API objects and their social connections, using the Facebook ActionScript 3 SDK. Written by James Ford, this book is loaded with over 60 recipes for integrating the Flash applications with the Graph API and Facebook.

Flash Application is a multimedia platform, which is used to add animation, video and interactivity to web pages. It is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast, and manipulates vector and raster graphics to provide animation of text, drawings and still images. Additionally, it supports bidirectional streaming of audio and video, and it can capture user input via mouse, keyboard, microphone and camera.

Using this book, readers will be able to plot user Checkins on a map component, publish new Checkins and authenticate with Facebook on behalf of a user, manage and request additional data read, use the search capabilities of the Graph API to retrieve specific information, create new Events, invite users and retrieve and modify RSVP information for authenticated users, and integrate with Facebook and AJAX sharing dialogs.

Overview of Flash Facebook Cookbook

* Work with the key Graph API objects and their social connections, using the Facebook ActionScript 3 SDK. * Create new Checkins at Facebook Places and plot existing Checkins and Facebook Places on Flex mapping components. * Upload image files or generated images to Facebook. * Packed full of solutions using a recipe-based approach.

What you will learn from this book :

* Plot user Checkins on a map component, and publish new Checkins on behalf of a user. * Authenticate with Facebook on behalf of a user. * Manage and request additional data read or publishing permissions from Facebook.

Written in a cookbook style and packed with step-by-step instructions, this book is ideal for those, who have a basic understanding of the Flash Builder IDE and the Flex framework, and want to start building Flash Facebook apps quickly and effectively. The book is out now and available from Packt. For more information please visit:- /Flash Facebook Cookbook /book