Steve Trefethen has created a starter kit for developing Facebook applications using Facebook.NET per a suggestion I had for him some time back. The Facebook.NET release includes a couple of sample hello-world style app, but this starter kit might help if you want to start with an empty application.
Facebook.NET is basically a Facebook toolkit for ASP.NET. The latest version is 0.2.1.0. I've recently fixed a round of bugs, and also added some new features since the original introduction (some initial ajax support, multi-page iframe app support, config-based application definition, support for using infinite session keys etc.), so you may want to head to CodePlex to check out the lastest bits.
Facebook itself continues grow as a platform. Just recently they announced a few compelling additions and plans. First is FBJS which brings some script capabilities to FBML (the Facebook markup language). Still more interesting is the addition of new data-oriented Facebook REST APIs for defining data entities, and for storing application data and user preferences in Facebook-provided storage (currently in Beta). It will be interesting to see support for these in Facebook.NET, esp. if someone would like to contribute to the project (I know I've gotten a few emails from folks who would like to). Finally, there was the announcement of fbFund, which will likely drive yet another round of interest in the Facebook development platform. I wonder what is next? True application hosting?
Posted on Saturday, 9/22/2007 @ 7:17 PM
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