Tutorials And Tips On Building A Twitter Application

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

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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

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!

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 client using Silverlight 2


Twitter Development Links & Resources

Twitter API Wiki
Twitter API Wiki

Twitter API Wiki

Twitter Api – Tips & Tutorials
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Twitter api

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  • Thanks for sharing this, it will really improve my use of twitter.
  • Awesome collection of Twitter application development resources. Thanks for sharing.
  • We're loving the Twitter API. fairplay to the Twitter team for doing an outstanding job with the API development. a few tiny server overloads, but that just affirms the growth! thanks for sharing this article.
  • O'reilly has a pretty good book on Twitter and the API. It is really easy and straight forward. Its called Twitter API: Up and Running.
  • Great collection, thanks.
  • I can see this page being used alot. Great resource for Twevelopers.
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