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"WidgetBox, which offers web-based tools for building widgets, has just released a new tool for creating Facebook applications: App Accelerator.  The application aims to allow users to create Facebook applications without any need to code, and comes with the ability to add features that will integrate your app with the profile, news feed, and offer friend invite functionality.  As a non-coder, I thought I'd give it a thorough test drive to see if it was as easy as it sounds.\nTo use the service, you first need to create a widget with WidgetBox.  To test it out, I took the URL for the SWF file of the widget from a site I operate (Qwizzy) and first created a WidgetBox version of it.  By entering in the URL of the SWF file for our widget and setting the \u201CUser ID\u201D as a configurable field, I was quickly able to setup a way for users to automatically customize a widget with their recent activity.  \nNow that I have a widget, getting my app on Facebook consists of first adding the Facebook Developer Application.  Widgetbox opens up Facebook in an iframe so it can easily guide you through the process.  Once that\u2019s done, I go to \u201CCreate New Application\u201D in Facebook, where I give my application a name and an API key and Secret code is generated, which I then enter into WidgetBox.  The app then continues to guide you through options like selecting the URL for your app and a few additional settings.  From, there my application is up and running!\nThe results: my widget loads up, and I can now invite my Facebook friends to try out the app.  In my News Feed, it shows that I\u2019ve added the Qwizzy application to my profile.  The only thing that doesn\u2019t seem to work right is that my widget doesn\u2019t correctly display on my profile (it shows a piece of code \"$appdesc\"), but this could easily be pilot error.\nOverall, as a non-technical person, building a Facebook application with WidgetBox Accelerator was really easy and they did a great job of guiding me through the process.  It\u2019s definitely something I will be itching to play around with more tonight as I try to tweak my application :)\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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