Technology+Behind+Twitter

= TECHNOLOGY BEHIND TWITTER =

Background
Twitter was a way for people to stay connected through computer or phone. The first blueprint of Twitter was made in 2000 by Jack Dorsey, who is the founder of Twitter. When he sketched out his blueprint, he wanted to incorporate SMS (Short Message System) messaging to ease communication.

Twitter's interface runs on Ruby on Rails framework. Ruby on Rails, often shortened to **Rails** or **RoR**, is an [|open source] [|web application framework] for the [|Ruby programming language]. It is intended to be used with an [|Agile development methodology] which is used by web developers for [|rapid development]. To learn more, click [|here].

For the design of social networking site, Twitter uses Omnigiraffle and Photoshop. Omnigraffle is a diagramming application that can be used for used to create diagrams, flow charts, organization charts, and illustrations. Photoshop is a graphics editing program, which allows its users to edit their images.