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Jeanette Stallons

Jeanette Stallons

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Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Sign up with Facebook
  3. Add the Facebook Developer application
  4. Register a new application with Facebook
  5. Create a simple Flex AIR application
  6. Create a Flex AIR application that talks to Facebook
  7. Package and install the AIR application
Created:
24 August 2009
User Level:
All
Products:
Flex

Create your first Facebook AIR application with Flex

This tutorial will step you through the process of building a Facebook AIR application with Flex in 40 minutes. In the process you will:

  • Sign up with Facebook (if you are not already).
  • Add the Facebook Developer application to your profile and bookmark it for easy access (if you have not already).
  • Register a Facebook application to get an application API key that you use to make calls to the Facebook server.
  • Create a Flex AIR application that talks to the Facebook server.
  • Package and install the AIR application.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial, you need the following:

A Facebook account

Flex Builder 3

ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform

Adobe AIR

Tutorial files:

Prerequisite knowledge

A basic knowledge of object-oriented programming principles is helpful.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License

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About the author

Jeanette Stallons is an independent Flex trainer and consultant who has taught for many companies including Adobe, Oracle, Boeing, Wachovia, Morgan Stanley, and Charles Schwab. Prior to working for herself, Jeanette worked at Allaire, Macromedia, and then Adobe in the training department, architecting, writing, teaching, and building applications for Flash, Flex, and other products. Her latest project is the Adobe Flex Learning Paths Flex application for which she was and continues to remain the idea behind, the programmer, and the content expert.