1. Cross-platform Mobile Development
with Appcelerator Titanium
Billy Jones
Appointedd
@theninthnode // @appointedd

2. About Me
• Lead Developer at Appointedd
• Previous Employment
– Queen Margaret University
– Network ROI
– Generation Rwanda
– Optimise Solutions
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3. Appointedd
• http://appointedd.com
• Business Management Software for small
service businesses
@theninthnode // @appointedd

4. 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
@theninthnode // @appointedd

5. Appointedd B2B iPhone App
@theninthnode // @appointedd

6. 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_mo
bile
@theninthnode // @appointedd

7. Titanium – How it Works
Source:
http://www.appcelerator.c
om/titanium/titanium-sdk/
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8. @theninthnode
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9. Titanium Alloy
• MVC Framework for Titanium – Woot woot!
• Models – database configuration
• Views – UI elements
• Controllers – JS
@theninthnode // @appointedd

10. Data Storage with Titanium Alloy
• Backbone.js
• Models/collections
• Sync adaptors
– SQLite
– localStorage
– Properties
– REST API (custom)
@theninthnode // @appointedd

11. @theninthnode

12. Titanium Drawbacks
• Moderately steep learning curve
• Tricky setup
• Build time during development
• Some missing compatibility
• Memory issues
@theninthnode // @appointedd

13. Why We Recommend Titanium
• Cross-platform
• Reduced cost
• Community
• Documentation
• Familiar tools
• Rapid development
@theninthnode // @appointedd

14. 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/10372
1188616163608038
@theninthnode // @appointedd