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https://github.com/matthiasn/birdwatch

Tweet stream analysis and visualization with real-time updates.
https://github.com/matthiasn/birdwatch

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Tweet stream analysis and visualization with real-time updates.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/matthiasn/birdwatch
Owner: matthiasn
License: agpl-3.0
Created: 2013-04-09T14:42:24.000Z (over 11 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2018-05-23T13:53:13.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-10-30T00:52:50.887Z (14 days ago)
Language: HTML
Homepage: http://matthiasnehlsen.com/
Size: 18.3 MB
Stars: 856
Watchers: 88
Forks: 153
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

# BirdWatch
BirdWatch is a reactive web application for visualizing a stream of live tweets. It started out as a playground for trying out different ways of solving the same problem. There is a server-side application which subscribes to the Twitter Streaming API and then allows a client-side single-page application to perform a live search, meaning that a search on historical tweets up until now will be performed and then updated as new tweets matching the same search are retrieved.

## Implementations
On the server side, there are currently two different implementations:

1. **[Play Framework](https://www.playframework.com)** (**[Scala](http://www.scala-lang.org)**) application with communication over **[Server-Sent Events](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-sent_events)** and multiple clients: **[AngularJS](https://angularjs.org)**, **[ReactJS](http://facebook.github.io/react/)** and **[ClojureScript](https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript)**/**[Om](https://github.com/swannodette/om)**. Note that the ClojureScript/Om client is not actively maintained as the Clojure development has moved to the application below. **[Read more](./Scala-Play-SSE/)**

2. **[Clojure](https://github.com/clojure/clojure)** application communicating with the client over Websockets. This application makes use of my **[systems-toolbox](https://github.com/matthiasn/systems-toolbox)** library, which it uses extensively on both the server and the **[ClojureScript](https://github.com/clojure/clojurescript)** client. **[Read more](./Clojure-Websockets/)**

## Installation
Installation instructions live with the respective implementations.

## Further Reading

There are a couple of blog posts covering this application. The best starting point for the **Play** application is the **[BirdWatch Explained](http://matthiasnehlsen.com/blog/2013/09/10/birdwatch-explained/)** article covering both the server side and the initial client using **AngularJS**. The **[BirdWatch: AngularJS vs. ReactJS](http://matthiasnehlsen.com/blog/2014/03/31/birdwatch-with-reactjs/)** article covers the **ReactJS** client. This article builds on the previous one. Then there is the **[BirdWatch with ClojureScript and Om explained](http://matthiasnehlsen.com/blog/2014/07/24/birdwatch-cljs-om/)** article. This one may still be useful as it covers how to build a **ClojureScript** client using **Server-Sent Events**. Then, there's a **[book](https://leanpub.com/building-a-system-in-clojure)** being written about the systems-toolbox library, using this application as the main example application.

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