Tutorials (5)
Create a scalable clone of Twitter with Django and Stream
In this tutorial, we will make a Twitter clone using Django and Stream, a hosted API for newsfeed development. By the end, you'll see how easy is to power your newsfeeds with Stream. For brevity, we leave out some basic Django-specific code and recommend referring to the Github project for the complete runnable source code.
Winds: A Beautiful Open Source RSS & Podcast App
In today's digital age, staying updated with the latest news, articles, and podcasts can feel like a daunting task. With an abundance of information scattered across various platforms, managing and consuming content efficiently has become more important than ever. Enter Winds - an innovative open-source application powered by Stream that redefines how we engage with
5 Common Mistakes Integrating With Stream
Getting started and integrating with a technical solution, like the Stream activity feed API, can be exciting. Sometimes you just want to rip open the proverbial box and get started. When implementing a new API I rarely want to read pages and pages of (sometimes boring) documentation - so here's your TL;DR version of the
3 Crucial Feed Features to Drive Engagement and Retention
These days, activity stream and feeds (ex. newsfeeds) are ubiquitous. The most obvious examples are the Twitters and Facebooks of the world, but feeds are also being adopted by companies such as Google and Amazon. We've even noticed that many companies are basing their entire application off of a dynamic feed structure, but don't even
The Ultimate Guide to Designing Activity Feeds
Here at Stream, we're helping thousands of companies build and scale their activity feed, chat, and video technology. In this guide, we share best practices to make designing an activity or notification feed with world-class UX easier for you. Remember this: feeds are fun! They're really one of the best UI patterns for sharing and
Best Practices for Instagram-style Feeds
Introduction As part of our "best practices" series, we wanted to describe our best practices for setting up activity feeds for a simple photo sharing application. These feeds allow users to upload photos, follow other users, like photos, and see notification and aggregated feeds. Of course, how you use Stream depends greatly on the kind
Aggregated Feeds - Demystified
Our team has been hard at work to make aggregated feeds easier to use. This blog post will dive into more detail and help you get your aggregated feeds up and running. If you're looking for something more interactive, also check out this 5 minute interactive tutorial. When to Use Aggregated Feeds You should use
13 Tips for a Highly Engaging News Feed
Getting the user experience right for a newsfeed is quite the challenge. Many apps end up showing completely irrelevant content to their users. Companies like Instagram, Quora, Etsy, Linkedin and Facebook have shown us a few tricks about providing an engaging newsfeed experience. At Stream, we've helped thousands of companies with their feeds. Every app
Designing an Activity Stream? Yeah, There's a W3C Spec For That
Did you know that there's a specification for activity streams? That's in it's second version, and handled by the W3C?
