Titanium Mobile is a cross-platform framework that allows developers to build native mobile apps using JavaScript. It supports building apps for Android and iOS from a single codebase while providing full access to native APIs. The document discusses what Titanium is, what types of apps have been built with it, how development works using Titanium Studio IDE, and resources for learning more.

1. WELCOME TO TITANIUM WEEK!
Day Three: Titanium Mobile for New Developers
Kevin Whinnery

2. Titanium Mobile For New
Developers

3. KEVIN WHINNERY
DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPER RELATIONS
APPCELERATOR

4. Agenda
• What is Titanium?
• What can I do?
• What’s it like to work
with?
• Where can I learn
more?
• Q&A

5. What is Titanium?

6. In a minute, but first, why
Titanium?

7. The Multi-Platform Problem
• Many compelling
platforms
• Innovative and
different
• Different audiences,
demographics
• Different toolsets,
form factors

8. Questions To Answer
• “Web versus native”
• Which to choose?
• Who writes the
code?
• How many
codebases can I
support?

9. Cross-platform development is the
answer…

10. …but we don’t want to “write once,
suck everywhere”*
*Loren Brichter, creator of Twitter for iPhone

11. Cross-platform Requirements
• Top mobile
platforms
• Full API access
• Seamless UX
• Open, extensible
• Bonus: use existing
skills

12. Titanium Mobile is a platform for building
best in class cross-platform mobile applications in
JavaScript

13. Titanium Key Facts
• Open source
• Extensible
• Full native API
access for UI and
everything else
• Supports Android,
iOS, and Mobile
Web (beta)

14. How does it work?
• App Logic in
JavaScript
• Titanium provides a
meta-API for native
APIs to a JS runtime
• Your app = Your JS
code + an
interpreter + the
Titanium runtime

15. What can you do with it?

16. Apps Powered By Titanium
• NBC
• Bravo
• Go Explore!
• TripLingo
• Top Brands
• Big Companies
• AAA Apps

17. What’s it like to code with?

18. Basic Flow of Titanium Dev
UI construction and all code written in
JavaScript
Manage and run projects through
Titanium Studio IDE
Target multiple platforms from a single
codebase.

19. How can I learn more?

20. Project Walkthrough

21. Learning Resources
• Dev Center
• Forging Titanium
• Dev Blog
• Wiki
• API Docs

22. Stay Up To Date
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Mailing List
• Community at
appcelerator
• Stay in touch!

23. Any Questions?

24. Thank You!