Scope of works: Web development

I am always looking to expand my software development repertoire so I have delved into the wonderful, rich world of Facebook Application Development and Facebook Markup Language.

When learning a new language I always find it helpful to develop something you would find useful or interesting. With this in mind, I wanted to create a Facebook fan page for my online portfolio and have the ability to show on my website the current number of Facebook fans, and give new people the opportunity to become fans.

So, I started by creating my own Facebook fan page, unsurprisingly called www.johncove.co.uk. This is viewable by visiting http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwjohncovecouk.

The next step was to develop a widget to show the existing fans of my Facebook page and also allow Facebook users to become fans to the page. Using Facebook Markup Language (FBML), I created the following widget:-

I have started to develop my own Facebook application, so check back soon or become a fan of my online portfolio in Facebook and receive an update as soon as the application is released.