To get started, let us explore the Twitter developer platform. Let us begin by building a Twitter app and later explore how we can tweet news articles to followers based on their interests:

1. Log on to Twitter at www.twitter.com. If you don't have an account on Twitter, create one.
2. Go to https://apps.twitter.com/, which is Twitter's application management dashboard.
3. Click the Create New App button:

4. Create an application by filling in the form providing name, description, and a website (fully-qualified URL). Read and agree to the Developer Agreement and hit Create your Twitter application:

5. You will now see your application dashboard. Explore the tabs:

6. Click Keys and Access Tokens: 

7. Copy consumer key and consumer secret and hang on to them.
8. Scroll down to Your Access Token:

9. Click Create my access...