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I have searched Google and Youtube for Facebook log in toturials but couldn't find something useful. Do you know any good articles or website or even a Youtube toturial that covers the facebook log in system? How did you learn it?

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As correctly notes, the official Facebook developer material is the canonical reference, but documentation alone can feel terse. For someone like who wants a practical, learn-by-doing route, a short, focused workflow plus a troubleshooting checklist closes the gap between examples and a real integration.

A practical sequence to learn Facebook Login:

  1. Create a Facebook app and add the Web platform; enable test users so changes can be tried without app review.
  2. Build a minimal client-side sign-in that requests only public_profile and email to confirm the flow works.
  3. Add a server-side endpoint that performs the authorization-code → access-token exchange and verifies tokens server-side. Keep the App Secret on the server.
  4. Gradually add permissions and only request scopes that are needed; submit for app review when non-admin users must use those scopes. Move the app to Live mode only after testing.

Common pitfalls and checks:

  • App still in Development mode so non-admin accounts get OAuth errors.
  • Redirect URI mismatch (the registered redirect must exactly match the OAuth request).
  • App ID/Secret leaked into client code; secrets belong on server only.
  • Wrong scopes or expecting data that requires app review.
  • Token validation skipped: always verify access tokens (or use the platform's token-inspection endpoint) and handle expiry/refresh.

Additional tips: log full OAuth requests/responses during development, test with platform test accounts, use a local HTTPS tunnel (for example, an ngrok-style tunnel) if testing on localhost, and expand functionality incrementally (login → store user → fetch basic profile → request extra scopes). This approach turns the official docs into a working system rather than a checklist.

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I read through the doc. It didn't help because all they do is the basic stuff. What do you think the best way to learn?

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The only way I'd say it's by doing it!

What do you mean only basic stuff? All methods, params and possible results are listed there.

And what else do you want? You asked only about the login. There's a page for each method available. There's a section for each SDK.

Even if you search google how to do something, many answers will lead you to some page on developers.facebook.com

Basically anything you want to do you can find starting here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/

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