What Do I Need To Learn To Create A Facebook App?

BillyW · 02-17-2013, 12:07 PM

Hello Fellow Warriors,

I want to learn how to create a Facebook or iPhone/Android app. I am new to coding. I have limited knowledge of PHP (WordPress) but have extensive knowledge in HTML and CSS. I am curious as to what other languages I need to learn to create an app. I would assume PHP and javascript, but what other languages? And is there a resource/resources online to help with learning these codes or creating an app?

BillyW

Dan Grossman · 02-17-2013, 01:21 PM

It's quite different working with those 3 platforms. You'll have different languages (Java/Objective-C/HTML+JS), different APIs, different toolchains, etc. I recommend heading to your library or book store and flipping through a book about the platform you want to know more about.

Siegfried · 02-17-2013, 01:22 PM

Well, this is kind of tricky question - facebook OR iphone/android? what kind of app? is it gonna be game or maybe tool?

first of all, facebook apps are usually written in flash (or they used to be written in flash). iPhone apps are written in objective-c while android are written in java.

all three options are not very good for beginner. but there are other ways. if you want to build a game, you should take a look at Unity3D - using it you can publish for web, iphone and android (but it is not free).It uses C# which is pretty good language to learn first. If you want to write an app, check out Mono Develop - it is C# .NET platform for both iPhone and Android, also not free.
good luck!

FirstSocialApps · 02-17-2013, 02:18 PM

Objective C or Java, I dont think FB has a native SDK for either of these so you will have to choose a 3rd party SDK

BillyW · 02-17-2013, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Siegfried

Well, this is kind of tricky question - facebook OR iphone/android? what kind of app? is it gonna be game or maybe tool?

first of all, facebook apps are usually written in flash (or they used to be written in flash). iPhone apps are written in objective-c while android are written in java.

all three options are not very good for beginner. but there are other ways. if you want to build a game, you should take a look at Unity3D - using it you can publish for web, iphone and android (but it is not free).It uses C# which is pretty good language to learn first. If you want to write an app, check out Mono Develop - it is C# .NET platform for both iPhone and Android, also not free.
good luck!

I want to start with a simple game for the iPhone. I've found through research Construct 2. Any thoughts or feedback on it? Seems as though it's just used for browser games, but I'm not sure.

Can Tonic · 02-18-2013, 10:56 AM

You should not start with an iPhone app. you need to write iPhone apps in native C which might be hard for you to learn for the beginning.
I would recommend you learning Ruby on Rails which is a web framework based on the easy coding language Ruby.
Additionally to your html/css skills you should also have some JavaScript/jQuery skills.
There are a lot of how tos about ruby on rails and about building facebook apps with ruby on rails.

Dan Grossman · 02-18-2013, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Can Tonic

You should not start with an iPhone app. you need to write iPhone apps in native C which might be hard for you to learn for the beginning.
I would recommend you learning Ruby on Rails which is a web framework based on the easy coding language Ruby.
Additionally to your html/css skills you should also have some JavaScript/jQuery skills.
There are a lot of how tos about ruby on rails and about building facebook apps with ruby on rails.

iPhone apps are not written in C.

If he already knows some PHP, why should he switch to a framework for Ruby?

BillyW · 02-19-2013, 06:17 PM

This is probably an idiotic question, but remember I'm a newbie to programming. Is Java and JavaScript the same thing?

Dan Grossman · 02-19-2013, 09:16 PM

No, they're not the same or even similar.

BillyW · 02-19-2013, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Grossman

No, they're not the same or even similar.

Okay. So I need to learn Java, not JavaScript, in order to create apps?

Dan Grossman · 02-19-2013, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillyW

Okay. So I need to learn Java, not JavaScript, in order to create apps?

If you want to write native Android apps, you'd need to know Java. If you want to write native iOS apps, you'd need to know Objective-C.

You have to pick a platform first, in other words.

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Can Tonic Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 50 Thanks: 1 Thanked 35 Times in 8 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Do I Need To Learn To Create A Facebook App? You should not start with an iPhone app. you need to write iPhone apps in native C which might be hard for you to learn for the beginning. I would recommend you learning Ruby on Rails which is a web framework based on the easy coding language Ruby. Additionally to your html/css skills you should also have some JavaScript/jQuery skills. There are a lot of how tos about ruby on rails and about building facebook apps with ruby on rails.

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BillyW Web Developer War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 240 Thanks: 26 Thanked 27 Times in 25 Posts Contact Info	Re: What Do I Need To Learn To Create A Facebook App? This is probably an idiotic question, but remember I'm a newbie to programming. Is Java and JavaScript the same thing?
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Dan Grossman White Hat Marketer War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomeryville, PA Posts: 1,337 Thanks: 71 Thanked 597 Times in 191 Posts Social Networking	Re: What Do I Need To Learn To Create A Facebook App? No, they're not the same or even similar.
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