[seam-dev] FaceBook integration for Seam

[Wesley Hales]

Back in Dec, I wrote a FB app using seam. You have 2 options, you can  
create new renderer's for all the components to output FBML, or you  
can iFrame your application in FB. I chose the iFrame obviously to use  
RichFaces. The provided Java api sucked and I used the one that Dan  
mentioned earlier. I also aggregate blog feeds with it.

However, I'm not too proud of my rating (1.7 out of 5 stars) :), but  
this was totally side work and not a priority. It has around 50 users  
and I get messages from folks every once and a while asking me to add  
stuff to it (or make it work!).
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=22119445080

Related blog
http://www.jroller.com/wesleyhales/entry/my_first_facebook_app

Wesley

On May 12, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Michael Yuan wrote:

>
> Well, I went to a couple of Open Social sessions in JavaOne. They  
> are very much into Java. :) Also, Open Social seems to be  
> complicated enough, with all its combination of REST calls and  
> Javascript, that a wrapper of some sort (JSF or deeper in Seam) will  
> make sense.
>
> cheers
> Michael
>
> On May 12, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Dan Allen wrote:
>
>> Well, since FaceBook gave Java the middle finger, we are looking at
>> the community anyway. There seems to be a decently maintained
>> community client licensed under the MIT license and hosted at Google
>> Code.
>>
>> http://code.google.com/p/facebook-java-api/
>>
>> I am adding this on my "to play with" list, but that could be a  
>> while.
>>
>> Again, the creation of Seam components for this task could even
>> rejuvenate interested from FaceBook (not that we really give a care).
>> I think it is more about understanding how to crawl into new markets.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Pete Muir  
>> <pmuir at bleepbleep.org.uk> wrote:
>>> I thought about this too a while back when I had a play writing a
>>> facebook app (I was expecting great things from this facebook
>>> development platform given how hyped it is, but was pretty
>>> disappointed).
>>>
>>> Another consideration is - what is the license of the Java API?
>>>
>>> 2008/5/12 Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com>:
>>>> Someone (I don't remember who) approached me at JavaOne and asked  
>>>> if
>>>> the Seam development team would consider adding a module that would
>>>> aid in the development of FaceBook apps in Java. Of course, in  
>>>> light
>>>> of the announcement today about FaceBook dropping support for the  
>>>> Java
>>>> API, this might put a damper on the initiative. Still, I like the  
>>>> idea
>>>> of helping developers create plugins for these social networks. It
>>>> could be a great opportunity for Seam to move into a new space  
>>>> (so we
>>>> are not siloed to standalone enterprise applications). I would  
>>>> imagine
>>>> it would just be a matter of wrapping the API in something more
>>>> accessible.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> -Dan
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dan Allen
>>>> Software consultant | Author of Seam in Action
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mojavelinux.com
>>>> http://manning.com/dallen
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Dan Allen
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>>
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