The trouble with webhooks
summary
Webhooks are essential but confusing so the platform ships concrete fixes: Twimlets and Toolbins provide ready PHP/XML endpoints developers actually use, ngrok integration and a serverless runtime (Twilio Functions plus a serverless toolkit) remove the need to deploy to production, and the Twilio CLI auto-starts tunnels and wires phone numbers. A gamified workshop (Twilio Quest) boots ngrok and verifies missions. Result: fewer accidental production tests, faster local feedback, and easy deploy to the Twilio runtime.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 1:31WHAT IS A WEBHOOK?
- 3:02WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?
- 3:15WHAT'S THE DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE?
- 4:54WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?
- 5:37HOST CODE FOR DEVELOPERS
- 5:53TWIMLETS
- 10:36STUDIO
- 12:03INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES
- 12:54TWILIOQUEST
- 17:40TOOLING
- 20:11TWILIO CLI PLUGINS!
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