My FlashMidlands presentation has now taken place, and here’s my slides, to share with the world:
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Win a copy of the Flash Facebook Cookbook, at my FlashMidlands session, this Saturday.
On Saturday 19th November I’ll be doing a session on the Flash Facebook Cookbook at the FlashMidlands meetup, and will have a copy or two of the book to give away.
In the session I will be looking at working with the Facebook Graph API and Flash. Starting where the Flash Facebook Cookbook starts we’ll cover relevant background theory on how the APIs work – how to authenticate applications and obtain access tokens, how to request data from, and send data to Facebook, and how to obtain Extended Permissions from the user.
I’ll be using Flash Builder and the Flex framework to show examples of how everything works in practice, and then we’ll have a look at the possibilities and limitations of what you can do with Flash and Facebook.
If that sounds fun, and you’re in the UK, and you can get to Warwick on Saturday, join me!
I’m terrified enough by the idea of giving a presentation, so more people can’t hurt!
Available now: The Flash Facebook Cookbook
It’s official: my first book for Flash Platform developers is now finished and available to buy (or simply download); and it’s called the “Flash Facebook Cookbook”.
In the event that the title doesn’t give it away, this is all about working with Facebook from the Flash Platform (which covers both the Flash Player and AIR applications). It’s formatted recipe style, with a motley collection of self-contained recipes that demonstrate some of what you can do with Flash and Facebook combined.
Who is it for? Well, it’s written with the assumption that you’re at least a little familiar with Flash Builder and the Flex framework – that way, we don’t have to waste too much on building user interfaces. If you’re more used to using other IDE’s like FDT, Intellij or FlashDevelop that’s not a problem, we just tend to throw an interface together with MXML and wire it up with ActionScript. You could even work with Flash Professional if you like – the important stuff is all in the ActionScript, after all.
As for the writing itself, it’s much more than just a set of recipes – or so I hope – as I’ve tried to include more than just the solution, but also the reasons and the theory behind the different facets of working with Facebook. It might be a long read, cover-to-cover, but the idea is that when you’ve done so you’ll know Facebook just as well as you would if you’d had to figure it all out for yourself, from scratch.
You can either buy the printed version of the Cookbook or the download the eBook version, direct from Packt Publishing website or from Amazon.com/.co.uk. A sample chapter is also available from the Packt website, and I’m currently putting the finishing touches to the accompanying Facebook App.
Needless to say, go buy it, and let me know what you think!
Introducing: The Flash Facebook Cookbook
I’ve been significantly less active on this blog recently, which is primarily down to the fact that, for most of the past year, in my evenings and weekends, I’ve been writing a Developers’ Cookbook for Packt Publishing – The Flash Facebook Cookbook which has just been unveiled for sale on the Packt Publishing website.
Pop on over to the Packt Publishing website to read all about it and, of course, place your order!
Buy my book!
