Twitter API: Using OAuth to access Twitter
Twitter has changed their REST API to require authentication for every request. This means that we can no longer use simple JSONP requests from our web pages to access Twitter data. In this post, I describe how to write a PHP server script to make an authenticated Twitter request using the tmhOAuth library, and create a simple web application to use that server script to access Twitter data. And if you’ve read Head First HTML5 Programming, you’ll want to read this, so you can update your Chapter 7 code!
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Exciting news: we’ve just partnered with one of our favorite online training sites, macprovideo.com, to produce a set of HTML5 and CSS3 tutorials, and our first two tutorials are already up and ready for you.
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Reader Question: passing functions as values?
Another great question from a reader of Head First HTML5 Programming is about passing functions as values. This comes up when using the...
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Reader Question: What is an API?
A couple of weeks ago, I got a great question from a reader of Head First HTML5 Programming: What is a API? Is it like a constructor...
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Reader Question: How to look at the computed style of an element?
We recently got a question from Michael, who asks: When troubleshooting CSS issues, how can I determine the source of a style that is...
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Reader Question: How to learn to program
A reader from Kenya asks how best to get into programing. Eric Freeman answers the question, and the answer may not be what you...
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