Building Facebook Applications with

Popfly, Silverlight, and ASP.NET

Dan FernandezDan FernandezLead Product ManagerLead Product Manager

Non-Professional Tools TeamNon-Professional Tools Teamhttp://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/ http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/ dan.fernandez@microsoft.comdan.fernandez@microsoft.com

Two PathsTwo Paths

I don’t write code* I write code

Our vision is to democratize development

7m+ Pro’s

107m+ Non-Pro’s

15x larger than Pro’s

17m+ Express downloads

The sum is greater than its parts

Users are the Stars.

Embrace Self Expression

Entertain

Free

Client-side file hosting

Works with open source AJAX Frameworks

Better tool support coming

400+ blocks - Facebook, Digg, Virtual Earth, Flickr, Technorati, Twitter

Share your app everywhere <iframes> are supported

You can fully control the code*

I don’t write code*

DemosDemos

I write code

Free Tools

Visual Web Developer Express

SQL Server Express

Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual C++ Express

Free Frameworks

ASP.NET

Facebook Developer Toolkit

Silverlight – Cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in

Facebook Development Toolkit

Future

PopflyDeeper Facebook Profile integrationBetter JSON supportWeb project uploadOpening up to more usersFacebook data storage support

Silverlight 1.1.NET Runtime, threading, security, isolated storage, LINQ, .NET languages (VB, C#, IronRuby, IronPython)

Much richer set of controls

Resources

Popfly: www.popfly.com Visual Studio Express: http://msdn.com/express Facebook Development Toolkit: http://www.codeplex.com/FacebookToolkit/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=5387 ASP.NET AJAX Controls: http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/ Silverlight: www.silverlight.net Scott Guthrie’s blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu My blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe