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What are the advantages and disadvantages of writing a Facebook application in .NET?

I am starting to write a Facebook application. I read many articles on the subject and learned that Facebook has an official PHP API and .NET has Facebook toolkit from Codeplex.

Both options have many links and resources, but it seems that Facebook itself was written in PHP and not .NET.

So which PHP or .NET integrates better with Facebook?

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It sounds like you'd rather do it in .NET and then PHP, so this is what I think:

  • Facebook is in PHP (at least on the frontend) so the app can integrate smoother if you write in PHP.

  • However, since you prefer .NET, I assume you are more confident about this, so you are less likely to be wrong, be able to debug faster, and be more creative.

  • Do you have any .NET examples you can look at? If all .NET applications are sketchy, crappy, awkward, or annoying, that should give you a good idea of ​​.NET's track record for Facebook.



So, if you don't find a compelling example / reason for not going with .NET, I would go whichever you prefer.

On the other hand, maybe you are asking because deep down you know PHP is awesome and it is time you feel comfortable. If this is the case, now is the right time, like anyone, to take the plunge.

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facebook uses RESTful api ( http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/API ). It doesn't matter where the requests come from, as long as they are well formed according to their specifications, it could be C #, C ++, vb, php, asp.net, it just doesn't matter. Use whatever works for you.



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Well it depends on what you are trying to accomplish. You want to create a small application that checks for updates on your profile, I think you should use an API for this.

But it all depends on your goal

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