10 Things That Would Have Been Nice to Know When Starting My Facebook Application: An Entry in padrenel's Journal and Blog at the Experience Project

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- They seem to be pushing php5, I needed to use php4.
- Session-keys - in putting together a simple app, I haven't found a need to store each user's session key.
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- - In any case, first set the user's profile in the post-add script (profile_setFBML). Now, let's say you want to update a profile periodically, or on a certain action. From an action, it's easy - you already have the correct user (passed through fb_sig params), so just call profile_setFBML again.
  - If you're developing multiple applications, make sure you check your api key and secret values. Sounds basic, but something I missed while cutting and pasting between apps, and the errors you see aren't quite obvious.
  - use the few debugging tools they do give you. Use their test consoles to see what your query outputs will look like, and how your fbml will render. It's much easier to debug at this stage then in the running application.
  - check out the platform wiki.
  - step-by-step tutorials and more detailed descriptions on the available fbml tags
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Alright, just finished my first Facebook app. Some pretty cool functionality they've built there, and it's mostly pretty straightforward to work with, but the documentation is lagging in some areas. Here's a few things I learned along the way, in no parti

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