Technical talks from 101s on how to build your first app to to deep-dives integrating Twilio with other products and services.
Twilio integrates well with MVC frameworks - and the Zend Framework is no exception. if you're starting a new project, you'll find that Twilio and Zend get along just fine - and if you have an existing Zend application that you want to add some Twilio to, don't worry. Even if it's invited to the party a little late, Twilio still fits right in. Be inspired to use Twilio and Zend for your next project, and find some ways to streamline your code if you're already using the two together.
Node.js has been making waves over the few years since its inception. Centered around event-driven programming and built on the V8 Javascript runtime, node is the next mutation in the evolution of evented network programming. Node-Twilio is a helper library for node, and it makes interacting with Twilio's REST API as easy as interacting with an EventEmitter. This talk will give a quick overview of node, and then dive into using Node-Twilio to write complex Twilio apps in surprisingly little time
Discover how easy (and fun!) it is to get started building Twilio applications using Heroku. Check out twilio.heroku.com for a simple example of deploying a Ruby app with Heroku, Sinatra, and Twilio and discover how this powerful platform enables developers to rapidly deploy and scale awesome Twilio-powered apps. This will be a hands-on session, and follow-along coding on your own laptop is encouraged.
Most of the Twilio Quick Start code demonstrates "Hello World, I'm Talking You Your Telephone". That's great, but actually building a business on Twilio means your application has to solve some important design considerations. This topic covers design and development of Twilio applications to make them easier to develop, easier to deploy, easier to secure, and easier to delight customers.
In the era of the API-as-a-business-model, branding and storytelling around your service can seem daunting and amorphous. When you have no shiny product photos and your only screenshots are of your management console ui, how do you build brand, tell your story, and sell the value of your sharp, pointy technology to non-sharp, non-pointy humans?
So much of the culture of the web stands in stark contrast to our notions of what it's like to work in government or healthcare, but a lot is quietly changing, and there's increasingly an opportunity for web 2.0 teams to make a real impact on these markets, which represent 30% and 16% of our GDP annually. Come hear from the founders of two leading organizations in the startups for good movement, Rock Health and Code for America, about how you can use your skills to change the world.
SMS integration into the Zaarly offer workflow has been critical to maximizing the experience between two parties and helping facilitate transactions, and Twilio has been the cornerstone behind our own Voice and SMS features. We'll talk more about this ubiquitous and often overlooked feature of our mobile application and how it was implemented in a single evening.
Learn how Epicom built a full subaccount management system for our Twilio product. We'll first take you through a demo of the sign-up process from our public-facing website. After signing-up, an account is automatically created in our SugarCRM system and in our Twilio account. The system then preauthorizes payment with Amazon Flexible Payments Service, and verifies a phone number for use. We will also demo the system's detailed tracking, subscription management, and customer portal. Come see how to make your Twilio product or application completely self-sustaining with a backend billing system..
Learn how Twilio has opened the door for CRM products and apps. By integrating Twilio and building products such as click-to-call, screen-pops, web chats, and call center systems, the usability and the value of CRM is increased. At Epicom, we don't view CRM as just a system, but instead we see it as the centerpiece of an entire ecosystem of web-based applications. Because Twilio's API is easy to work with, robust, and scalable, we are able to build CRM products that directly impact a business.