Building Facebook Applications with Drupal
The Facebook Platform allows anyone to create applications which tightly integrate with the Facebook.com website. These Applications can write content to a Facebook user's Profile, News Feed, and also Canvas Pages. This content can be as rich and complex as any website, so Drupal is a natural choice for developing on this platform.
This session will introduce the Drupal for Facebook project, and the best ways to use it. We will include a demo of one or more live Facebook Applications powered by Drupal and show some of the basic configuration behind them. And we'll discuss some of the differences of developing for Canvas Pages versus regular web pages.
Attendees should get a basic understanding of the Facebook Platform for those new to it. We'll talk about why one might make a Facebook Application a part of a Drupal-powered website; or why one might build a Facebook App from scratch using Drupal.
We'll also demonstrate how the Drupal for Facebook modules work. Those familiar with Drupal will leave with a sense of how easy (or difficult) it will be to configure one of these applications.
We'll walk through some of the features and configuration of a soon-to-be-public application. This app is an example of Drupal for Facebook's advanced features including canvas pages with embedded iframes, FBJS, and more.
May have co-presenter, also a BoF
Depending on availability, I may have a co-presenter.
I've also proposed a BoF, in which users of Drupal for Facebook can ask questions and I'll help troubleshoot problems. Ideally for scheduling this session will precede be in the morning and that BoF will be later the same day.
http://badcamp.net/session/drupal-facebook-hackathon
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Marco Carbone will join me to talk about an app we're currently working on. We'll show off some features and discuss the behind-the-scenes configuration.