Yes connect+ custom wrapper is the way to go. after days of frustration I have made a good amount of headway with Connect, it also works whether within the facebook canvas or outside of it. which is a huge plus. THanks.
On Feb 15, 1:51 pm, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > Unfortunately facebook4gwt, like the other gwt wrapper mentioned in > this thread, wraps the clunky old v0.4 FeatureLoader.js.php > javascript. The new one, while still technically being "alpha", is at > least as solid as the old (we're talking Facebook here, they break > things at regular intervals) and about 10X faster to load. It's also > a lot easier to understand. > > If you're serious about FB development and developing a new app, you > will save yourself a lot of grief later by starting with a simple > custom JSNI wrapper around the new connect-js interface. > > Jeff > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Martin Trummer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > there's another lib for the client-side that may help > >http://code.google.com/p/facebook4gwt/ > > > I use it in a 3rd party website on the client side, > > to log the user in and then on the server-side I > > user facebook-java-api. > > > On 12 Feb., 20:36, Jeff Schnitzer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I have. You can play with it: http://www.mobca.st/ > > >> There are two sides to a facebook webapp, the client and the server. > >> On the GWT side you will not be using facebook-java-api or any other > >> java http-based client. You will use the facebook connect library > >> through JSNI. The new api library is quite easy to use from GWT: > > >>http://github.com/facebook/connect-js > > >> On the server side, throw facebook-java-api in the trash. It's > >> horrid. The Facebook API, while kludgy as hell, is actually pretty > >> straightforward. Just make HTTP requests and parse the results with > >> your favorite JSON or XML parser (I use Jackson). > > >> Jeff > > >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Manny <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Has anyone succeded in building a facebook app using gwt? > >> > I have spent 50+ hours trying to just get the facebook-java-api to > >> > work with my halfway done gwt app. > >> > but to no avail. My project is at a stand still untill i can figure > >> > this out. > >> > PLEASE help if you know how to do this. the current code examples > >> > do not take the gwt into account. and please if you just google a > >> > solution for me i've probably already > >> > seen it. I need someone who has actually done this or knows for sure > >> > how to.please. > >> > thanks > > >> > -- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit this group > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
