3twenty3.com,Jason Newlin

Just a quick note - The Facebook Developer’s Garage is tonight!

More info: Facebook Developer’s Garage - Phoenix, and the Facebook Group, previous post.

Update: It’s Over - Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage

At Terralever we have been building some Facebook applications, and have started shifting a lot of effort into building more.

I have to say they are a challenge, but a fun challenge. One of the developers, Justin and I were chatting today about this one new app we are working on and we both realized that we are learning so much about Facebook applications during every piece of function we write. Funny. But awesome too. There is so much to learn about the platform and how to use it, its so powerful.

One of the cool things that I found out today was collecting information about a user when they uninstall an application. I have never really wanted to collect any info on the users before, but the client we are building for right now wanted to collect a bunch of info about the users when they uninstall their app.

What we really wanted was the uid from that user. So, in the facebook documentation Post-Remove URL, they list all the POST variables. But I was having a hard time getting that info. Even watching with fiddler, I could not get the fb_sig_user. Finally, we just had to believe it was there, and sure enough it was.

uid = Convert.ToInt64(Request.Form["fb_sig_user"]);

There it is the C# used in the Post-Remove page. Awesome, I wish all facebook stuff was that easy.

Next up, the Fb:dialog. YAY.

Mark your calendars for November 14th, it’s the first Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage. Here is a little blurb:

Terralever will be hosting the Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage on November 14th. This free event is open to those interested in learning about Facebook, and the building and marketing of Facebook Applications.

A few other have posted about the event also:
Joel - Facebook Developer’s Garage - Phoenix
April - Facebook Developers Garage in Phoenix
Scott - How to get feedback on your Facebook App
Terralever - Facebook Developer’s Garage - Phoenix

It’s going to be a really fun night at the Tempe Center for the Arts, there will be lots of people speaking, including - Dave Morin from Facebook, Chris Johnson from Terralever, Nate Warner from Red Bull, Scott McAndrew & Joel Neubeck also from Terralever.

For more information, check out the Facebook Group.

Update: It’s Over - Phoenix Facebook Developer’s Garage