Facebook API Developers Guide
I now develop applications that have millions of MAU and this was the book that got me started for Facebook Applications.
It’s a simple book, anything about facebook Q & A.
I read it because my internet was disconnected, It was over in 2 nights.
I didn’t even read the last part where you write a php application.
I think this book is enough to get started, after you are started you read Facebook developer wiki, so you don’t need any book else.
The book does go over a lot of the basic elements of the API, but I felt it didn’t offer me much more than what I could already learn from the Facebook Developers wiki or resource pages. Keep in mind that it’s only 100 pages – there is a chapter on building a sample Facebook app, though I wish it had offered more “cookbook” style recipes. The author gives you what he promises, which is an API guide, but I was hoping for more concrete examples. I would not recommend this book for more advanced developers.
One last thing I wanted to mention is that it doesn’t seem to include some of the newer features of Facebook, such as Pages.
More information at Facebook API Developers Guide (Firstpress)
