Twitter Application Development For Dummies

Contents at a Glance
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Part I: Catching Up to Twitter and App Development ...... 5
Chapter 1: Catching Twitter’s Coat Tails ........................................................................ 7
Chapter 2: Web Development Refresher Course ......................................................... 13
Chapter 3: Setting Up to Create Twitter Apps ............................................................. 39
Part II: Ideation — Coming Up with an Idea ............... 45
Chapter 4: Getting to Know the Twitter Application Ecosystem .............................. 47
Chapter 5: Introducing the Twitter API ......................................................................... 63
Chapter 6 : Logging In and Managing Your Account ................................................... 79
Chapter 7: Managing Users and Their Relationships ................................................ 105
Chapter 8: Communication Through Tweets ............................................................. 179
Chapter 9: Selecting an Idea ......................................................................................... 241
Part III: Creation — Developing Your Application ...... 249
Chapter 10: Selecting Libraries, Design Patterns, and Frameworks ....................... 251
Chapter 11: Hosting In the Clouds ............................................................................... 255
Chapter 12: Coding Your Application ......................................................................... 269
Chapter 13: Making It Pretty Makes It Credible ......................................................... 309
Chapter 14: What You Need to Know to Grow ........................................................... 315
Part IV: Monetization — Making Money
with Your Application .............................................. 321
Chapter 15: How Twitter Makes Money ...................................................................... 323
Chapter 16: Advertising ................................................................................................ 327
Chapter 17: Monetizing with Other Models................................................................ 335
Chapter 18: Promoting Your Application ................................................................... 345
Part V: The Part of Tens ........................................... 355
Chapter 19 : Ten Traits of a Respectable Twitter Developer ................................... 357
Chapter 20: Ten Twitter API Tips ............................................................................... 361
Appendix A: Twitter API Reference............................ 365
Appendix B: Gallery of Twitter Applications ............... 395
Index ...................................................................... 413

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