This guide walks you through in getting the Facebook Credits Sample running in test mode. 1. Download the official sample code from: https://github.com/facebook/credits-api-sample 2. Read the overview. 3. Copy the files into your server into a subfolder (your server must support PHP): – callback.php – index.php – xdreceiver.html 4. Create a test application. Fill out […]

One of the things that I played around several years ago was the GD library, which allows image manipulations and creations on the server-side. I have always want to automate repetitive things such as creating glossy-icons for web-pages.  Basically I want to automate the process of converting: From this To this: I wasn’t sure if […]

It is quite annoying for us developers that getting the numeric user id when that user has a vanity URL. Granted that for user’s that hasn’t set their own (vanity) URL names, this is easy, just login and see the URL bar, which will be something like https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=NUMERIC_ID. But for user that has vanity URL, […]

iPhone Photo Transfer This freeware can be downloaded from http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/36028/iphone-photo-transfer.  Despite the name, it works on iPod touch as well.  You’ll on the page saying the product has been discontinued, so get it while you can.  The interface is polished and the interface is intuitive.   It’s the best one I found so far.   […]

One of the most common layout is the three-sections-layout where an application contains a Header section on top, a Content section in the middle, and a Footer section in the bottom.  The Header section may contain the application title and the Footer may contain advertisement, buttons, or tabs. For example in the game below, I am using […]

Packt Publishing is offering exclusive discounts. Read their press release here: July, 2011 Packt Open Source announce exclusive discount offers on best-selling books Packt Open Source has this week announced a series of discounts on its selection of best selling Open Source books. Readers will be offered exclusive discounts off the cover price of selected print books and eBooks for […]