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Date Published
Author
Antonello Zanini
Word count
2136
Language
English
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None

Summary

This summary highlights the key points of the text, covering the importance of finding effective communication channels with users, setting up a Twilio account and Spring Boot project in Kotlin to send multiple SMS messages using Twilio's Programmable SMS API. The tutorial covers the necessary prerequisites, including Java 17, Gradle or Maven, IntelliJ IDEA, and a Kotlin-based Spring Boot Web application. It also explains how to initialize Twilio, define a service class to send SMS, create an API endpoint, test the SMS API, and deploy the system. The summary emphasizes that sending multiple SMS messages in parallel is limited by Twilio's limitations and notes that the approach described can be used for simple communication needs but may not be suitable for bulk messaging requirements.