Twitter API: Up and Running by Kevin Makice
This ground-breaking book is for Twitter fans who want to do more than just answer the question, 'What are you doing?' In the first book about programming with the Twitter API, the barrier to entry for new and casual programmers is lowered with explanation of how each part of the API works and detailed examples of how those parts can be assembled into practical and fun web applications. This book also explains the importance of the Twitter culture and how it has inspired programmers to build their own tools and games. The prerequisite for this book is a basic understanding of how applications are built and hosted on the Web. The PHP and MySQL code necessary to the construction of the example applications will be provided and explained.This work is suitable for IT professionals in small organizations (potential integration for services or products) and Twitter members wishing to learn programming using something familiar (e.g., to detect a specific function that doesn't yet exist). The history chapter will be attractive non-programmers who want to understand the phenomenon.
Kevin Makice is currently a Ph.D. student at the Indiana University School of Informatics, the first such doctoral program in the nation. His research interests center around local use of technology and the application of relational psychology to complexity and design. Prior to completing his Masters of Science in Human-Computer Interaction in 2006, Kevin was the primary Internet programmer for TicketsNow, a clearinghouse for sports, theatre, and entertainment tickets available in the secondary market. Along with three others, he won the CHI 2005 student competition by designing a concept for ad-hoc volunteering system for elderly residents in assisted-living centers. Past research includes political wikis, tangible interfaces for children's games, machinima, and network analysis of ball movement in basketball. Much of his blogging and academic efforts over the past year has focused on exploring Twitter as a means of community building.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780596154615 |
| ISBN 10 | 0596154615 |
| Title | Twitter API: Up and Running |
| Author | Kevin Makice |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | O'Reilly Media |
| Year published | 2009-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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