Twilio and Webhelio... A nice mix!

We've been running some sample apps using Coldfusion with Twilio, and.. how cool! Rather than bore you with code, I am just going to tell you what all it can do. First Twilio... Twilio allows developers to build applications that use the phone network to interact with people on landlines and cell phones all over the world. With just a few lines of code, we will have phones ringing. We can actually build applications that interact via text messages with a simple phone-number based API or our very own short code. Developers can now connect users across web browsers, mobile phones, tablets, and even traditional phones.

Why is this so cool? Because it allows us to use our existing web language and developer skills to build voice and SMS applications. And Twilio is a "pay as you go" communications platform, powerful and simple it let's us focus on what we do best. Leading companies like eBay, Intuit, and Salesforce have used web languages in tandem with Twilio's API to build industrial-strength voice and SMS solutions on the Twilio platform, launching the next generation of enterprise communication apps reliably and at scale.

How does it work? A user calls or sends an SMS to your Twilio phone number. Twilio receives the call or SMS and makes a request to the application. Your app receives that information and sends XML back to Twilio. Twilio executes those instructions and interacts with the user.

That's it in an nutshell! So think outside the box, save some money and let Webhelio work with you to leverage the power of the Twilio platform for your voice and SMS application needs.