Last week I decided to rewrite the Twitter.com front-end on Google App Engine to incorporate modern front-end programming best practices, exceptional performance, and establish a solid platform for further development. TwitterFE.com is a fully-functional read-only clone of Twitter.com designed to make your web browser sing. I created the site as an example of web development best practices anyone can integrate into their web presence. The new web front-end on TwitterFE.com features localized templates, expressive markup, distinct URL structures, integrated site search, geo-distributed dynamic and static servers, and more available features than Twitter.com. In this post I will outline some of the changes I've applied to the Twitter front-end reproduction as they apply to general front-end web development.
with TwitterFriends you can ... * find out the hidden network of Twitter contacts that are really relevant for you. * visualize the network of your relevant contacts and their contacts * see who of your Twitter friends are online this very moment * read some stats about your Twitter account * take a look at the most conversational Twitterers or those who are posting the most links To see your relevant network and some stats about your tweeting behavior compared to other Twitter users, just enter your (or another) Twitter username: * Darren Rowse of Problogger Blog Tips wrote a nice review on TwitTip and calls TwitterFriends a "great Twitter statistics tool". Thanks, Darren! * Jason Annas even created a video explaining TwitterFriends. I think this is a great introduction to the tool, but see for yourself:
Twitdom is an attempt to provide a consolidated view of all the applications developed for the Twitter ecosystem. It has been developed by Anuj Seth. Follow me on Twitter. This is to ensure that you can make the most effective use of the Twitter micro-blogging system. You can search for applications and submit new ones to the database as well.