In a past post (Facebook Connect Post) I showed everyone how to set up an application in Facebook and how to use Facebook Connect with Silverlight to create a simple login screen. That was a trivial proof of concept to show how one might implement such things on their Silverlight App. This post will build on the previous post, and introduce a very alpha version of a Silverlight client side api I have been working on for a little bit.
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Hello all! First off, I want to say this post does not reflect the way I think authentication should be handled. I don't necessarily agree with the route Facebook has decided to go with Connect, but that is a debate I don't really wish to be a part of right now. I would like to concentrate on the superlatives about Facebook Connect and the possibilities this opens up to developers. If you wish to discuss the positives and negatives of the Facebook Connect strategy, please be my guest to comment till your angelic heart is content.
In this post, I'm going to set up an Azure cloud service project with a single web role that hosts a Silverlight 2 page, which utilizes Facebook Connect. I will not go into other portions of the Facebook API during this post, but I will extend it in a later post. Basically this is 1/10 an excersize in creating a cloud service, 1/2 using Facebook connect, and about 2/5 interactions between JavaScript and Silverlight. Ok, let's get started.
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