As December and the full year come to an end, year-end wrap-up season arrives in full force. The Facebook Developer Blog posted its overview of changes to the social network in 2011.
New products cited in the post were:
- Comments plug-in and application-programming interface
- Send button and dialog
- Subscribe button
- Insights for distribution, spam, Facebook Credits, and pages
- Fluid canvas
- Scores and achievements API
- Open Graph
- Timeline
- Social app discovery on mobile
New tools for developers were:
- Batch requests in the graph API
- New developer app with simplified user interface, test users UI, groups for managing roles, and integrated app insights
- Graph API explorer
- New bugs tool
- Partnership with Stack Overflow for technical Q&A
- Partnership with Heroku for hosting Facebook apps
- HTML5 portal
- Rewritten documentation for Graph API, FQL, and SDK (JavaScript SDK, PHP SDK, iOS SDK, and Android SDK)
Transition to a modern, secure platform:
- Removal of the app directory and app profile pages
- Completed move of legacy authorization to OAuth 2.0 and transitioned to HTTPS
- Removal of Facebook Markup Language
- Graph API parity with and depreciation of REST API
Toward a stable platform:
- The late-2010 introduction of Operation Developer Love
- Beta tier
- 90-day breaking-change policy
- Developer Roadmap
- Redesigned platform live status and API
