Comments on: Building a Facebook Application in 15 minutes

By: larre

larre — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:40:39 +0000

David hmm ,I’m really not sure. But anyway it does not matter that much. Some Java clients are out there, and if they are not good enough it’s kind of straight forward writing one

By: David Woosley

David Woosley — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:52:21 +0000

Larre, why do you think Facebook ditched Java? Is it considered “too difficult” for their target audience of programmers? Or, maybe the Facebook staff won’t commit to the backwards compatibility required by the Java community?

By: larre

larre — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:29:57 +0000

@David Woosley
I have the same feeling. It’s easier to work with FB and PHP it seems.

Back in 2008 FB announced that their support for the Java Client Library was dropped (discontinued)
(http://developers.facebook.com/news.php?blog=1&story=106)

On this page you can read about alternatives when using Java:
http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Java

By: David Woosley

David Woosley — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:01:17 +0000

I’m getting the impression that those of us with complex, existing Java-based websites are screwed when it comes to integrating them into Facebook, especially when you consider the fast pace at which Facebook is changing their API rules. All of the blog entries and other articles on using Java with Facebook are negative in tone. Detailed examples of the integration are sparse.

So, what’s the best medium-term to long-term solution for integrating Java into Facebook. (I know nothing about PHP.)

Thanks,

David Woosley

By: larre

larre — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:44:12 +0000

Hello jav,
when i worked with the FaceBook API, I never came over an update limit. Sorry not to be able to help you out other than to point you to the documentation and forums at http://developer.facebook.com/

By: jav

jav — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:29:11 +0000

Hi Larre,

I have been developing an app for facebook at

http://apps.facebook.com/dotsonline/

Here I am sending update to profile when a user enter the page.

But my problem is that too many updates are going.

Is there a way where it can be configured in facebook api

Here is the code which I am using.

String str=”is playing a game of Dots and Boxes”;

if(facebook.users_hasAppPermission(Permission.STATUS_UPDATE,new Long(user).longValue()))
{
facebook.users_setStatus(str,false,true,new Long(user).longValue());
}

-jav

By: Facebook Applications

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By: Anuradha Uduwage

Anuradha Uduwage — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:52:49 +0000

Hi Larre,
THanks alot for the information, The link you provided looks like a great location.
Thanks, Anu

By: larre

larre — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:03:10 +0000

Hi Anu,
I think this post that I did back in 07 is quit outdated. FB did change their API to some extent.

Maybe this could be to any help:

http://www.softwaredeveloper.com/features/develop-facebook-app-072607/

By: Anuradha Uduwage

Anuradha Uduwage — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:47:26 +0000

Hi Larre, I ran into your blog while searching examples or tutorial related to data extraction from facebook using facebook java api. What I really want to do is extract data and load to my own data model for some mining experiments. I followed the example you have provided and I am not sure if this would be a good starting point. I was wondering if you could provide some guidence or point me towards to any tutorials do such task.
Thank You, Anu