I finally got over my procrastination and started working on the new version of Twitter Friend Adder today. Ive been epic lazy as of late, and trying to avoid any work with it. Its a bit of a pain, going through code that you no longer like. I have to say that Twitter Friend Adder was probably one of my very first creations, and it shows in the code. Some of the lols are :

• Couldn’t be bothered learning how to parse XML properly, so just used string functions and divided it up into parts. Which is fine, but its a complete mess to modify now.
• Alot of the interactions with twitter don’t wait for responses. It adds a friend, but doesn’t check if it actually accepted that friend request. Not really an issue, but just means i have to recode it when i do my new method.
• The threading is absolutely hectic. I learnt threads specifically for this and it shows. I may implement a proper background worker, but for now this kind of works.

I guess i could go on and on. But most people reading this wont give a sh** anyway about how i code it. Just that it works . So onto the new functions so far

• Integrated account manager, so it keeps a list (Or you can import a text file) of your twitter accounts. Means less typing, but still supports you typing in your own usernames. So you can use it for the long haul or still keep it for a short spin.
• 1 gazillion bug fixes. Including threading not ending so even if the bot finishes, you have to press stop then start again to go with another account. Also allowing the delay to be up to 30 seconds, for nice slow friend adding.
• Check username and password first! This is a biggie because so many people were typing in the wrong  twitter username and password, and my application wouldnt tell them. Resulting in locked out accounts.

O and there is things i am planning to implement in the coming days:

• Add friends of a friend. So as an example, you type in “aplusk”. And it will add all of ashton kutchers friends that are following him.
• Add random friends. Not really a feature, just for those who are too lazy to think up keywords to target.
• With your list of accounts, do a global check to see if they are banned, and tell you which ones are.
• Reporting feature of each account. As in you can check followers etc of each account, without having to login to twitter. Kind of like a dashboard type of thing.

And ofcourse there is the “Hmmmm…Yeah… Maybe…” list things on my list :

• Run accounts after each other. So add 1k friends on each account one after the other, without having to touch anything.
• Auto tweeter, for retweeting the same message.
• A tweetlater type “upload your tweets” so that it can auto message for you all day long.

And thats about it! Im pretty sure ive forgotten something, but for now this is the definitive list. From the last list, if you actually REALLY want something bad, tell me and ill implement it. Otherwise those will go into the “some other day” basket. If all goes well it should be released some time next week.

P.S O yeah, and xcubic, i havnt forgotten about you. Ill make this one have an installer

P.S.S Dont forget this is a WINDOWS based application. I know alot of you will scream the the “upload your tweets” feature. Remember you will still need your computer on in this time (Unless you have a Windows VPS, which i doubt many of you have).