Tutorials And Tips On Building A Twitter Application

Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by Ferman in How-To, Tutorials 14

Almost every user on internet knows about twitter. It’s getting popular day by day, many companies and developers are also producing twitter applications using twitter API. In my early post i have mentioned popular twitter applications which you can visit here.

In this post i have collected some tutorials and resources for developers on building a twitter application.

Building a Twitter Application

Creating a Graphical Client for Twitter

In this tutorial, you use the NetBeans IDE to create a simple, graphical, REST-based client that displays Twitter public timeline messages and lets you view and update your Twitter status. The application uses Swing and NetBeans IDE’s support for Twitter’s SaaS operations.

NetBeans IDE to Create Application

How to Build Your First Flash Twitter Mashup

You can try out the SWX Twitter API methods online right this moment by using the SWX Service Explorer.

Flash Twitter mashup in four lines of code!

Building a Twitter Bot

Developer says, “…So, to build a Twitter bot, isn’t hard, & by the end of this tutorial, hopefully I will have successfully conveyed to you how to get your own automated Twitter service up & running.”

Twitter Bot with Twitters API functionality

Twitter Client for Android

Twitter Client for Android (How to make XML over HTTP calls).

Create a Twitter client for Android

Building a Twitter Extension for Google Chrome

Below is a screenshot of what developer will show to build. It’s simply a button that lives in Chrome’s toolbar.

Twitter Extension for Google Chrome

Building your Own Twitter Client With Fluid and jQuery

Developer says, “I wanted to try out Fluid, the Prism-like app to contain web apps in their own process/window, to see if it is possible to build a complete open source ad-free twitter client in a single web page only using javascript and HTML.”

Twitter client with Fluid and jQuery

Building An Application With the Twitter API

Twitter is a new kind of publishing platform, and the simple, straightforward API for this platform is easy to use with a variety of tools and programming languages.

Application with the Twitter API

How to Build a Twitter Agent

In this tutorial you will build an actual useful Twitter Service that will allow you to track the Blogosphere. In the process you will get hands on programming experience with Ruby, DRb, Twitter and Jabber.

Build a Twitter Agent

Building a Custom Branded Twitter Application

One of the clever but often-overlooked features of Twitter is that it upgrades these custom applications to first-class citizens within the Twitterverse by tagging each tweet with the hyperlinked name of the tool.

Coding the Tweet

Build a Simple Twitter client using Silverlight 2

In this tutorial developer will show you how to build a simple Twitter client in Silverlight. You will also learn the shortcomings of WebClient Class in Silverlight.

Twitter client using Silverlight 2

Twitter Development Links & Resources

Twitter API Wiki

Twitter API Wiki

Twitter Api – Tips & Tutorials

Twitter api

50 Twitter Tools and Tutorials For Designers and Developers

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Author : Ferman

Ferman Aziz is a designer, poet, writer and a good chess player. He is also the founder of PelFusion. You can follow him on twitter and facebook.