Facebook recently launched a new set of APIs that allow third-party application developers to integrate support for the Facebook stream in their software. In this hands-on introduction to the new APIs, you will learn how to use them in a desktop client application and you will get an inside look at how they were used to bring the stream to Gwibber, an open source microblogging client for Linux.

Facebook recently launched a new set of APIs that allow third-party application developers to integrate support for the Facebook stream in their software. In this hands-on introduction to the new APIs, you will learn how to use them in a desktop client application and you will get an inside look at how they were used to bring the stream to Gwibber, an open source microblogging client for Linux.