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Developing Facebook applications with ColdFusion
One of the more interesting developments in the Internet world we all love and live in has been the rise of social networks. MySpace is the poster child of this (sometimes sordid) group, but it is certainly not the only social network. Facebook is probably second in popularity to MySpace, and has a slightly more mature reputation, although it's not all seriousness for sure. Facebook though has innovated in ways that other social networks have not.
In May of 2004, Facebook revealed a new API (dubbed the Facebook Platform) that dramatically changed the entire face of social networks. By following a specific API, you could now write your own applications, essentially extending and building upon the networks Facebook had already created. This API supports applications written in any server-side language, but why use any language when we have the best available - ColdFusion! This article shows how to create a simple ColdFusion-based Facebook application.
Requirements
In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:
ColdFusion 8
Prerequisite knowledge
Familiarity with ColdFusion.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
About the author
Raymond Camden is a software consultant focusing on ColdFusion and RIA development. A long time ColdFusion user, Raymond has worked on numerous ColdFusion books including the ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and has contributed to the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update and the ColdFusion Developers Journal. He also presents at conferences and contributes to online webzines. He founded many community web sites including CFLib.org, ColdFusionPortal.org, ColdFusionCookbook.org and is the author of open source applications, including the popular BlogCFC (www.blogcfc.com) blogging application.Raymond can be reached at his blog (www.coldfusionjedi.com) or via email at ray@camdenfamily.com. He is the happily married proud father of three kids and is somewhat of a Star Wars nut.
