Socializing your application

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“We are building a web where the default is social.”

Contents

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What is an App/Game/page on Facebook?

How to create a simple app.

Open Graph

Facebook API.

SDKs for using Facebook APIs.

Social Channels

Comparison of Social Channels.

Open Source SDK’s

Why am I here?

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Difference: App/Game/Page

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Open Bug(s)

Facebook Page Facebook App Facebook Games(App)

Webpage used for advertisement purpose.

Application that integrates with the facebook platform

Same as an application with gaming capabilities.

Static page – no logic. Applications have their own logic. They are like iframes within the facebook canvas.

Application with added Social engagement features.

Has a by default. An app page does not show the number of people who 'like' it. It shows numbers like MAU instead.

Create a simple app

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Graph API SDKs

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Graph API

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• Is based on the open graph protocol.

• Low-level HTTP-based API that you can use to query data, post new stories, create check-ins etc.

• Underlying mechanism used by the Facebook SDKs and other 3rd party toolkits.

• Graph API explorer can be used to check the requests sent via the Graph API.

Social Plugins on Facebook

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Like

Feed Stories

Request

Open Graphs

Scores and Achievements

Search

Social Channels Comparison

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Requests Feed Open Graph BookmarksUser Interaction 1:1 1:1 & 1:N 1:N 1:1

Visibility PrivateFriends and Friends of Friends

Public Private

Value Acquisition & Engagement Engagement Acquisition &

Engagement Engagement

State Transient Transient Permanent Permanent & Transient

User Interaction - the direction of communication: sender to single recipient or multiple recipients.Visibility - who can view the communication: only the recipient or everyone.Value - when to use the channel: acquiring new users or engaging existing users.State - whether the communication is permanent or transient.

Open Source SDKs / Framework

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• Sign in with provider Twitter and Facebook provide sing in options

o Provider specific

o limited providers who offers this features.

• We need more general sing in strategy

Consistent across all providers

• Service APIs Most service providers have a REST API

APIs are vary from provider to provider

o Different Concept

o Different resource URLs

o Different Formats (JSON/XML)

o Different Error handling

• Most service Providers secure their REST APIs with OAuth

Open Source SDKs – Spring Social

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• Spring Social is an extension of the Spring Framework that allows you to connect your applications with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers such as Facebook and Twitter.

Spring Security Spring MVC Spring Database

Connect Framework

Service provider Framework

Sing-in Controller

Spring Social Facebook

Spring Social Twitter

Spring Social

LinkedIn

Thank you

Any questions?