Contents
Foreword
10
Acknowledgments
12
Preface
13
UnderstandingaSuccessfulFacebookApplication.......
14
DevelopingwithRails........................
16
AboutThisBook...........................
17
1
GettingStartedwiththeFacebookPlatform
20
1.1
AddingtheKaratePokeApplication
...........
21
1.2
ThePartsofaFacebookApplication...........
21
1.3
GettingInsidetheApp...................
26
1.4
SettingUpandRunningtheApp.............
27
1.5
Summary...........................
34
2
StartingYourFirstApplication
35
2.1
CreatingaFacebookRailsApplication..........
35
2.2
SendinganInvitation....................
39
2.3
GivingtheSenderSomeFeedback............
43
2.4
MakingOurInvitationInteractive.............
44
2.5
UpdatingtheProfile.....................
45
2.6
RefactoringtoUseHelpers.................
49
2.7
Summary...........................
51
3
BuildingtheKaratePokeObjectModel
52
3.1
BuildingtheUserModel..................
52
3.2
AccessingFacebookfromModels.............
57
3.3
CreatingtheMoveModel..................
59
3.4
Attack!
............................
60
3.5
CreatingtheBeltModel
..................
63
3.6
EncouragingInvitations..................
66
3.7
GettingDataOutofFacebook...............
67
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3.8
RefactoringandPerformance...............
70
3.9
Summary...........................
74
4
TestingOurFacebookApplication
75
4.1
ControllerTests.......................
75
4.2
TestingModels........................
81
4.3
Summary...........................
84
5
GettingIntotheFacebookCanvas
85
5.1
GettingInteractivewithForms..............
85
5.2
BuildingtheBattlesPage
.................
91
5.3
AddingNavigation......................
93
5.4
HidingContentfromUsers.................
97
5.5
AddingPagination......................
101
5.6
AddingSomeStyle
.....................
103
5.7
Summary...........................
104
6
MakingItMoreSocial
105
6.1
SendingNotifications....................
105
6.2
PublishingtoNewsFeeds
.................
113
6.3
CommentsandDiscussionBoards............
124
6.4
SpreadingbyInvitation...................
128
6.5
GivingtheProfileaMakeover...............
131
6.6
TestingFacebookerPublishers
..............
141
6.7
Summary...........................
142
7
ScriptingwithFBJS
143
7.1
FBJSOverview........................
143
7.2
AjaxinFBJS.........................
150
7.3
Summary...........................
157
8
IntegratingYourAppwithOtherWebsites
158
8.1
MakingContentAccessible
................
158
8.2
ActionsThatWorkBothWays...............
160
8.3
HandlingFacebook-SpecificData.............
161
8.4
SharingSessions......................
164
8.5
AccessingFacebookOutsidetheCanvas.........
165
8.6
Summary...........................
169
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CONTENTS
9
9
ScalingandPerformance
170
9.1
GettingFasterwithMemcached..............
170
9.2
CachingOurViews.....................
173
9.3
Cachingwithrefs......................
177
9.4
APIPerformance.......................
179
9.5
Summary...........................
185
Bibliography
186
Index
187
