To understand the principles in this book, you need to at least know the principles of HTML design and development, CSS principles, and some JavaScript. FBML is a tag language, based on a pseudo-XML format, just like HTML. Therefore, having a background in HTML will help you understand the concepts taught in this book. This book is intended for the experienced developer who wants to get started in the new world of Facebook development, and it will serve as an introduction to the FBML tag language for the Facebook API. You can also refer to this book throughout your Facebook development efforts whenever you need it.
In Chapter 1, I will brief you on the basics of setting up a very simple Facebook application. It has been my experience that although many Facebook developers have been working on apps since the platform launched, many of us still do not fully understand the details of what is involved in setting up an application. If you already know all that, you may want to skip ahead to Chapter 2, but in the end it may be a good refresher for you to go through the “Hello World” process with me.
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