What is a Facebook application and what is all the hype?
Recently, Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites on the web, opened its platform to enable developers to create widgets for Facebook users. They call these widgets Facebook applications. Most Facebook users have installed applications and many applications have millions of users. The Facebook platform helps widget developers attract users and make a name for themselves. However, building Facebook applications directly on Facebook requires knowledge of special code which can be difficult and time-consuming to learn.
