Cross-platform Mobile Development with Appcelerator Titanium

Billy JonesAppointedd

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About Me

• Lead Developer at Appointedd• Previous Employment– Queen Margaret University– Network ROI– Generation Rwanda– Optimise Solutions

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Appointedd• http://appointedd.com• Business Management Software for small

service businesses

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Appointedd

• 9588 appointments since Aug 13• Products – web-based software, customer

microsites, booking widget, mobile app• Development roadmap– Improving the customer onboarding process– Improving customer microsites– Improving customer widgets– Re-designing the iOS app– Releasing the Android app

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Appointedd B2B iPhone App

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Appcelerator Titanium

• Cross-platform mobile development SDK• JavaScript• iOS, Android, Blackberry, HTML5, Windows 8• Native components• Modules & ACS• Open Source –

https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile

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Titanium – How it Works

Source: http://www.appcelerator.com/titanium/titanium-sdk/

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Titanium Alloy

• MVC Framework for Titanium – Woot woot!• Models – database configuration• Views – UI elements• Controllers – JS

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Data Storage with Titanium Alloy

• Backbone.js• Models/collections• Sync adaptors– SQLite– localStorage– Properties– REST API (custom)

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Titanium Drawbacks

• Moderately steep learning curve• Tricky setup• Build time during development• Some missing compatibility• Memory issues

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Why We Recommend Titanium

• Cross-platform• Reduced cost• Community• Documentation• Familiar tools• Rapid development

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Resources

• Some apps using Titanium– http://chariti.mobi– http://scoutmob.com– http://www.myzings.com– http://pistachio.thinkorange.pt

• http://tidev.io• http://alloylove.com• https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/

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