Last Wednesday, 2/27/08, i gave a tech talk on Microsoft’s Facebook SDK. The Facebook SDK allows developers use and .Net language to create Desktop apps, Web apps, and also embed them within Facebook.

Why has Microsoft done this?

Here are some statistics on Facebook…

• Facebook has become the 2nd largest social networking app
• It is the #1 site in US for photos (>flickr)
• Network grows by 300% each year
• 50% of Facebook users return to the site each day
• Mass distribution- “viral” applications

I would assume Microsoft wants in on some of this action. They want Facebook developers creating apps in their Visual Studio environment which, by the way, is free for students. ( see my post on DreamSpark).

Here are some resources if you interested in getting started creating you own app.

• Coding4Fun- Collection of resources for beginning Facebook development
• CodePlex - Home for the .Net FB SDK
• FB Developer Documentation (API)
  
• FREE Microsoft development software

Jonathan Oppelaar

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