Twitter Clone Part 2: Creating a Profile Page and Following Users
Blog post from Stream
In the second part of the "Build a Twitter Clone" series, the focus is on creating a user profile page and implementing a follow-users feature. The article outlines the step-by-step process of building various components, such as the ProfileHeader, ProfileBio, TabList, and ProfileTweets, which collectively display a user's information, tweets, and follow button. It introduces the use of context and hooks, particularly a custom useFollow hook to manage the follow functionality. The tutorial also modifies the home timeline to display tweets from followed users, enhancing the user experience by allowing interaction similar to Twitter's platform. Additionally, the article hints at future expansions, including adding reactions, tweet threads, and notifications, to further develop the Twitter clone's capabilities.