Twilio Developer Voices
Become a better software developer and writer by contributing programming tutorials for the Twilio blog.
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What type of tutorial should I write?
Technical tutorials with code. Check out the "Example blog posts" section below for previously published posts.
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Does my post have to use Twilio?
Most tutorials involve one or more of Twilio's APIs.
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How do I get started as a PHP developer?
Email Marcus Battle (mbattle@twilio.com) with some information about yourself and what topics you'd want to write about.
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How do I get started as a Python developer?
Email Miguel Grinberg (mgrinberg@twilio.com). Include examples of other technical content you've written and your initial ideas of what you'd want to write.
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How do I get started as a JavaScript developer?
Fill in the form found at http://twil.io/contributor-application and our JavaScript editor Ashley Boucher will get in touch with you. Link to form.
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Verify Phone Numbers with Java and the Twilio Lookup API
Chris Hranj provided a great post that uses Java and Twilio Lookup to look up whether a phone number is valid or invalid. Read the post.
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They told us we needed a landline
Naomi Pentrel uses the Twilio Console with TwiML Bins to simulate a landline phone. Read the post.
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Wedding at Scale: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding
Thomas Curtis wrote about his experience using Python, Twilio and SMS for his own wedding. Read the post.
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Google Spreadsheets and PHP
Matt Stauffer shows how to interact with Google Spreadsheets via the Google APIs and some PHP code. Read the post.
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Building Native Android Libraries with the Latest Experimental Android Plugin
Aaron Alaniz provided a solution to a nagging Android problem he faced. Read the post.
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Playing a Twitter adventure game using SMS and Twilio on Glitch
Kevin Lewis showed off his JavaScript hack to play text-based adventure games via Twilio SMS. Read the post.
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How much do I get paid for each post?
$500 for each published post. You can publish as many posts as you can code and write.
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Can I also publish the post on my own blog or on Medium?
Yes, as along as the places you publish it other than the Twilio blog contain a canonical reference meta tag back to the Twilio post.
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Does my post have to include code?
Yes! The Twilio blog is read by developers who want to build what you built, and it's way easier to do that if you provide code in the post.
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What is Developer Voices?
Developer Voices is our program for developers to write and publish programming tutorials for the Twilio blog.
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What's the Twilio blog?
Twilio's blog publishes programming tutorials for software developers. Some tutorials use Twilio services while others are general programming walkthroughs. Read the Twilio blog.
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Is there a review process before publishing?
Yes. Our Developer Voices team will perform both a voice and tech review so the published result is your best work.