Your First Steps in Facebook Development

A JavaScript Boot Camp

It’s All About Context: Canvas Basics

The Plan: Idea to Design

Essential Game Components

Your First Game: "Alien Turtle Invasion"

Going Social With Games

Introducing the Facebook Platform

Facebook Developer Tools

Launching Your Games

Your First Facebook Game: "Social Alien Turtle Invasion"

HTML5 Game Engines

Using All the Tools: Your Future Facebook Games

The Marketplace: Project Spartan (Facebook App Store)

About the Author

Wayne Graham is the head of research and development in the Department of Digital Research and Scholarship at the University of Virginia Libraries (a.k.a. Scholars Lab), and is passionate about open source, web application technologies, and their application to research in the humanities. Social media, including Facebook, are driving today's fastest innovations.

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