Evolution of a twitter client

One of my clients wants his employees to be able to use Twitter, but there were some strict requirements involved, and I couldn’t find a Twitter client for Windows that met all of those requirements, so I decided to write my own Twitter client.

I’m modeling it after Tweetie for OSX, of course (in look and function). I know Ruby best, so I decided to use _why’s Shoes and John Nunemaker’s twitter gem.

For those interested in writing a Twitter client and using Shoes, or who like to see the evolution of an app, be sure to check out this article.

This article is going to be updated as I write this app, but I just wanted to start with a slideshow of the evolution of the app so far.