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Facebook Graph API Development with Flash: Winners Announced!

Facebook Graph API Development with Flash: Winners Announced!

Michael James Williams on Jan 10th 2011 with 14 comments

I’ve just finished writing a book on developing Facebook applications using Flash, and we’ve got three copies to give away! Read on to find out more about the book, and how you could get your hands on it.

Flash Facebook Development Book

This book will help you learn how to integrate your Flash projects with Facebook — that includes developing apps and games that are embedded in the Facebook website (like Graffiti and FarmVille), and letting people use their Facebook accounts to log in to Flash projects that are hosted outside Facebook.

It’s a beginner’s guide, but you’ll need to have a working understanding of AS3 before you start (“beginner” refers to your knowledge about Facebook, not about Flash!) This is because all 300+ pages of the book are focused on Facebook integration, with no time wasted going over AS3 concepts you already know. If you’re not yet comfortable with AS3, our AS3 101 series will get you up to speed.

More information is available on Packt Publishing’s official page for the book, and on my blog :)

Free Sample

The entire second chapter of the book is available for free online, thanks to Packt Publishing. Click here to read it in your browser (PDF) or right-click here and select “Save link as…” to download it.

This chapter explains what the Facebook Graph API is, and gets you started with retrieving Facebook data through AS3 code. The PDF also contains the Table of Contents for the whole book, so you can see what else is in store for you.

Winners Announced!

Congratulations to Julien Lambe, who won the first prize of a free physical copy of the book plus a free digital version, and Laurens Claessen and Kevin Remisoski, who each won a free digital version :) You three, check your Facebook messages for info on what to do next.

Thanks to everyone who entered and left a comment!

To everyone else: never mind; perhaps you’ll have better luck with our next great competition, in which you could win a ticket to FITC Toronto or a year’s free Tuts+ Premium plus $100 to spend on the Envato Marketplaces! Click here for more info.

What If You Didn’t Win?

Well, you can always buy a copy ;) Ebooks and physical copies are available on the book’s official page, or on Amazon (affiliate link). You can also order it in to your local bookstore; just quote the ISBN code 978-1849690744 at the desk.

Any Questions?

If you’ve any questions, stick a comment below.

 
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Michael is a freelance Flash developer and technical writer. He is the editor of Activetuts+, and writes AS3 game development tutorials on his blog. You can find him on Twitter, too: @MichaelJW.  

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Discussion 14 Comments

  1. Mehmet says:
    January 10, 2011 at 7:41 am

    I can use this book big time.

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  2. Jamie says:
    January 10, 2011 at 1:48 pm

    This book would be a great help.

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  3. Ezz says:
    January 10, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    I don’t think that I will be lucky enough :)

    Reply
  4. Mitch Early says:
    January 14, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    Wow, I have been wanting to create apps for facebook using the Flash IDE for so long.

    Over the years as you will know the Facebook API has changed so much and all tutorials I have found in the past have quickly outdated. I have managed a few with Flex however Flash is more my comfort zone.

    This book will be going straight to the top of my reading pile :)
    Much appreaciation and good luck with the sales.

    Regards,
    Mitch

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  5. Mitch Early says:
    January 14, 2011 at 11:36 pm

    **UPDATE**

    I’m so excited to have this book I couldn’t wait to try win it so I have already purchased the eBook version :)

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    • Michael James Williams says:
      January 15, 2011 at 2:38 am
      Author

      Thanks so much, Mitch! I hope you like it :)

      Your surname is oddly appropriate… ;)

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      • Mitch Early says:
        January 15, 2011 at 3:29 pm

        Hehe thanks Michael and thank you also for writing this great book.

        Is there likely to me a more advanced series to follow?

        Cheers,
        Mitch

      • Mitch Early says:
        January 15, 2011 at 4:12 pm

        *By advanced I mean a book that walks you through building actual Facebook applications.

        This would also make a great addition to the Premium members section with tutorials on making applications :)

      • Michael James Williams says:
        January 16, 2011 at 5:11 am
        Author

        I don’t think I’d write a book going into advanced details on the subject as everything in the Facebook Platform moves so quickly, but maybe some tutorials, yeah :)

  6. Mitch Early says:
    January 16, 2011 at 5:17 am

    Yeah I agree. As you said the Facebook platform is changing so often hard copy would most probably out date quite quickly.

    Some tutorials would be great though on making some small Facebook applications using the Facebook SDK and Flash IDE :)

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  7. Dieter says:
    January 17, 2011 at 3:40 am

    Only 20 minutes left until I can see if I have won! Woohow!

    Reply

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