Developer Platform Comparison: MySpace vs. Facebook

MySpace China has opened its developer platform to some beta testers. Similar to Facebook Platform, the dev zone has a list of APIs, some language wrappers(only ActionScript for now) for the API and a test console. Detailed comparison follows:

	Facebook	MySpace
RESTful API	yes	yes (see below)
Query	FQL	n/a
Markup	FBML + FBJS	n/a
Test Console	yes	yes
Authentication	own protocol	OAuth
SDK	15+	1 for now

Generally, I appericiate their picking up of OAuth. But the number of objects and functions accessible via API is too much fewer than Facebook's. OpenSocial API to push activities is still on its way either.

Well, for MySpace, opening is a big step, but too early to give them a bravo.