Just put a big *beta* sticker on the front. On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 05:28, Andrew Badera <and...@badera.us> wrote:
> > That could be said about a lot of technologies with books being > published about them ... > > ∞ Andy Badera > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:26 AM, PJB <pjbmancun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > What are you going to do when Twitter makes a huge unannounced change > > to their API in, say, 3 months and totally alters everything? It has > > happened before; it will happen again! This isn't a particularly > > mature platform to be writing about, especially with a publication > > date 6+ months away! > > > > On Oct 9, 2:42 pm, Andrew Mager <andrew.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am co-authoring a book about the Twitter API, and I was wondering if > >> any of you guys wanted to write a chapter. > >> > >> The book will be in the SAMS 24 hour series, and it's scheduled to be > >> released mid-next year. > >> > >> Here is our tentative table of contents: > >> > >> Introduction to Twitter > >> An overview of Twitter and Microblogging > >> Common Types of Twitter Applications > >> Key Issues to Consider when Developing Twitter Apps > >> Overview of Twitters's API structure > >> The API is HTTP-based > >> The API uses Representational State Transfer (REST) > >> There are pagination limits > >> The Twitter API supports UTF-8 encoding > >> Getting Started with the API > >> Setting up an environment > >> Making your first API call > >> Parsing the reply > >> Message, date, author, image > >> Creating a simple display > >> Setting up an application framework > >> Creating a twitter Class > >> Various twitter libraries are available > >> PHP Class used in this book > >> Modifing our class > >> Twitter Error messages > >> What each error code means > >> Modifing our twitter Class > >> Passing credentials to twitter > >> Standard method (HTTP) > >> Using cookies (create, retrieve, delete) > >> OAuth > >> Sending and Receiving messages from Twitter > >> Creating a basic twitter client > >> Sending messages in twitter > >> Twitter search > >> Dealing with Twitter downtimes and errors > >> Twitter Beyond the API > >> Future of Twitter > >> Example Applications > >> Other Mashup Twitter Services > >> Twitter Etiquette > >> > >> Ping me directly if you are interested! andrew.ma...@gmail.com > > > -- Abraham Williams | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Project | http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
