VanDev: Facebook Application Development

Once again we're overbooked on this meeting so we'll be accepting people on a first-come basis until we reach the 50 limit for the room. Please keep your RSVP up-to-date since those who can't come early will want to know if they can expect to get in. Thanks. Doors open at 6:30.

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In November we'll be hosting a smaller Vancouver Facebook Developer meetup following-up on October's Official Facebook Developer Garage. We'll open with short demos by Gerald Bauer, Matthew Chiu, and Paul Prescod and then Paul will give us an overview on the how's and why's of developing for Facebook. Following the presentation we'll have a door prize draw (if the books arrive in time), round-the-room introductions and then open the floor for networking. This is a networking event so bring your business/contact cards and a story or two to share.

SHOW US YOUR STUFF! -- Before the meeting and during the open networking session you are welcome to use the room's computer and projector to show us what you've done on Facebook.

About the presentation:

Facebook is one of the fastest growing applications in the Web's history. Deploying applications within the Facebook environment has some great advantages. First, you can have a pretty good idea of the demographic of your audience. Second, the environment is extremely viral. Third, you can make interesting applications that take advantage of all of the delicious data in the user's profile -- especially their list of friends.

About the speaker:

Paul Prescod is director of application development at Kinzin. Paul is co-author of the XML Handbook, author of numerous articles on XML and REST, and contributor to open source XML tools and open standards.

Kinzin is an online gathering place for families to privately share photos, stories, and recipes as well as plan family events.

Some links:

*Paul Prescod's blog: http://blog.kinzin.co...

*Matthew Chiu (Food Faves): http://vanajax.wordpr...

*Co-Host/Sponsor: Vancouver Facebook Developers Group - http://f8.vanajax.com... (or http://www.facebook.c... ) ** Facebook login required.