1. Developing your
personal Twitter
web application in
60 minutes
By Mitesh Sanghvi
(www.MiteshSanghvi.com)

2. Let’s understand the application usage and benefits
WHAT DO WE GET BY DOING THIS?

3. Your Personal Twitter Client

4. Your Personal Branding

5. Knowledge Required / NOT Required
PREREQUISITES

6. Prerequisites
Knowledge Required
• Basic knowledge of OAuth (e.g. Login via Facebook
/ Twitter)
• Basic knowledge of Web Uploading
• Basic knowledge of various functions of Twitter
Knowledge NOT Required
• No Knowledge of PHP or Java is required for the basic
setup. But basic knowledge will help you develop the
web application better

7. Things to be ready with before developing the application
PRE-DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

8. Pre-Development Requirements
• Domain and Web Space are required ( I have
used Unlimited Web Hosting Linux-based
package from BigRock )
• Download and unzip the READY open source
code of Twitter Web Client ( I have used EMBR
which is an extension of famous RABR client )
• Download and Install a FTP application ( I use
open source application called FileZilla )

9. Register your application with Twitter to get Key & Secret
REGISTER YOUR APP WITH TWITTER

10. Step 01 – Visit Twitter Dev Site
Visit Twitter Developers Site and Click “Create an app” link

11. Step 02 – Register Your App
Fill the Registration Form, agree Terms and click ‘Create’

12. Step 03 – App Logo & Access
Next on Settings Page – Add App Logo and select ‘Read, Write
and Access direct messages

13. Step 04 – Get App Key & Secret
Next on Details Page – Get the ‘Consumer Key’ and ‘Consumer
Secret’

14. Tweak source code, add Twitter Key & Secret and Upload
DEVELOPMENT STEPS

15. Step 01 – Understand Code

16. Step 02 – Code Changes Req’d
Edit /lib/config.php file
You need to change the config.php file present in the /lib
subfolder of ‘embr’. You will have to add the ‘Consumer Key’,
‘Consumer Secret’ and ‘Callback URL’ of your application
registered in Twitter (explained earlier)
Other Optional Changes
• Replace big_logo.png and logo.png, favicon.ico files in /img
subfolder with your relevant logos/images
• Edit header.php file in /inc to include Meta Tags for SEO
• Edit footer.php file in /inc to include your credentials

17. Step 03 – Upload Your App
Use FileZilla to upload your application in the root directory of
your hosting space allotted to you

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