An overview of the Twitter Platform

1. Twitter Platform
Where are we now?
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2. Twitter Platform
Where are we now?
Sylvain Carle
@froginthevalley

3. Twitter Everywhere
Tweets, in many places
• Twitter Mobile Apps (Smart phones and feature phones)
• Twitter by SMS
• http://twitter.com (desktop experience)
• http://m.twitter.com (2 versions)
• http://platform.twitter.com (syndication)
• api.twitter.com + [insert your app name here]
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4. Tweets from different sources
Has many names
• Twitter for Websites - https://dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-for-websites
• Embedded Timelines - https://dev.twitter.com/docs/embedded-timelines
• Twitter Cards - https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards
• Twitter API - https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/overview
• Twitter for Mobile - https://dev.twitter.com/docs/ios
• https://dev.twitter.com/ for all documentation and developer forums
• Follow @TwitterAPI
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5. Data in many formats
Represented in many ways
• HTML elements with Javascript + CSS
• HTML <META> tags
• JSON data structure
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6. Born as SMS, native of the web
Text, HTML elements and progressive enhancement.
From mobile to the desktop and back.
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7. Twitter for Websites
dev.twitter.com/docs/twitter-for-websites
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8. Twitter for Websites
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9. Embedded timelines and tweets
dev.twitter.com/docs/embedded-timelines
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10. Embedded timelines
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11. Embedded timelines
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12. Twitter Cards
dev.twitter.com/docs/cards
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13. Twitter Cards
Three easy steps
• Documentation - http://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards
• Preview tool, check your markup - https://dev.twitter.com/docs/cards/preview
• Apply to be whitelisted - https://dev.twitter.com/form/participate-twitter-cards
• See also: https://dev.twitter.com/blog/twitter-cards-tips-tricks
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14. Twitter Cards
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15. Your Own Twitter App
dev.twitter.com/apps
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16. Your Own Twitter App
dev.twitter.com/apps
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17. Twitter API (REST)
dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1./overview
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18. Twitter API (REST)
1.0 to 1.1 transition - https://dev.twitter.com/discussions/10644
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19. Twitter API (REST)
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20. Twitter API (streaming)
dev.twitter.com/docs/streaming-apis
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21. Twitter API (streaming)
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22. Sign-In with Twitter
dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/sign-twitter
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23. Sign-In with Twitter - Browser Flow
dev.twitter.com/docs/browser-sign-flow
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24. Sign-In with Twitter - Browser Flow
dev.twitter.com/docs/browser-sign-flow
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25. Sign-In with Twitter - Mobile Flow
dev.twitter.com/docs/mobile-sign-flow
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26. Get Certified
dev.twitter.com/programs/twitter-certified-products
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27. Get Certified - Requirements
dev.twitter.com/programs/twitter-certified-products/requirements
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28. Get Certified - Requirements
dev.twitter.com//programs/twitter-certified-products/requirements
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29. Get More Distribution - Twitter Ads
business.twitter.com/advertise/start/
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30. Get More Distribution - Twitter Ads
business.twitter.com/advertise/start/
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31. Questions
Ask, if I don’t have an answer now, I will find it for you.
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32. Thanks!
Sylvain Carle
@froginthevalley
scarle@twitter.com
Stay up to date with developer info at dev.twitter.com.
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