Facebook is continuously updating its platform bringing in new concepts each time for the Developers to envisage different possibilities and service. Still what will be in store for us in 2012, we cannot exactly say, but it is also true that there are certain changes that Facebook has brought for the developers for 1 Jan 2012 for their Facebook development. Now JS SDK APIs will no longer be used for creating apps because of the deprecating of the FB Data.
Secondly FB.Canvas.setAutoResize has been renamed to FB Canvas.setAutoGrow. This is done to show that the procedure being adopted appropriately conjures with its forte. FB.Canvas.setAutoResize will sure be removed. From First January itself, FBML there will not be any support to FBML. It is quite also true that no bugs will be fixed and endpoints will be completely removed from Platform.
It will be ensured that all applications will go in for Requests 2.0, and Requests 2.0 Efficient. Present apps will be moved into “Requests 2.0 Efficient” and “Upgrade to Requests 2.0″ migrations. Besides, it will be mandatory for all developers that they make use of the e correct request_id format and deleting requests precisely.
Not only this, a new scheme has been added into the Facebook Credits Termsthat that restricts the routing Credits from one app towards the other without approval. Those applications which do comply by Jan 1, 2012 have all the chances to get their credits disabled soon afterwards. Among all these changes, the setAutoResize should be very easy to handle. You can find the code to replace easily from the internet, and another thing it is very crucial for you to check is “Requests 2.0 Efficient.
So it is always advised before you take your holidays, you assure yourself that you have planned to incorporate these changes adequately.
