Last week, I discussed with some software and web developers from the University of Lagos, Nigeria who indicated their strong interests in a hands-on workshop that would allow Nigerian developers to learn how to use the Facebook Platform and APIs to develop widgets and applications for businesses.

After the success of the Facebook Developers Garage in Kenya, Ghana and Uganda, I thought it’d be great to host one of such events in Lagos, Nigeria. The event will provide a forum for students and professional software developers in Nigeria to learn about the Facebook Platform and APIs, participate in application demonstrations, seek technical support from experts, share ideas and build collaborations.

Interestingly, Facebook has attracted a lot of Nigerians (over 200,000 active users), but few software developers and web entrepreneurs have actually used the Facebook Platform to develop applications.

So if you’re interested in a Facebook Developers Garage in Nigeria, you can join the Facebook group and participate in the discussions.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48639066057

How interested i am?
Some more enlightening what skills do we need to bring along

I have used the facebook platform to build some small-scale applications in the past.
All you need is to have a basic knowledge of php/mysql, you will need a live site to test out your application - local web server will not work here.

I created a thread somewhere in webmasters on how to build a facebook application - just showed from beginin to end how to create something like a hello world app - https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-215579.0.html