This document discusses Dave Hudson's experience as a mobile app developer and the benefits of using the Titanium Appcelerator cross-platform mobile development framework. It highlights that Titanium allows developing native iOS and Android apps using JavaScript, offers a large ecosystem of modules and tools, and provides backend services through Appcelerator Cloud Services. The document also provides an overview of Titanium Studio and demonstrates a simple "Hello World" app.

1. mobile first
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2. DAVE HUDSON
about me
2 yrs mobile exp. (Applification)
Titanium Appcelerator Certified
Mobile App Developer
Out of the Park (Attendi)
15 yrs web exp. (Densen)
User Experience Design
User Interface Design
HTML5 / CSS3 / .NET MVC
applificationhq.com
@applificationhq

3. MOBILE SOLUTIONS
my mobile requirements
Thinking ahead to post Apple dominated
mobile landscape.
- Cross Platform (iOS / Android +)
- Focus on User Experience (feel)
- Deliver great User Interface (use)

4. MOBILE SOLUTIONS
native development
Tried native cross platform mobile apps
- iOS (Objective C)
- Android (Java)
- Windows Mobile (.Net)
- Blackberry (Every Language!)

5. MOBILE SOLUTIONS
webview apps
HTML 5
PhoneGap
“write once, suck everywhere”
Parked the idea of creating mobile apps

6. CROSS PLATFORM MOBILE
the sweet spot
Found Titanium:
- Cross-platform mobile development framework
with native UI & performance
- Use existing web skills (Javascript)
- Met all my requirements
- Sold on day 1 of using the platform
- Since matured & leads the way in mobile app dev

7. CROSS PLATFORM MOBILE
titanium appcelerator
116m (10%) smartphones have a titanium app
50k appcelerator apps in app stores

8. CROSS PLATFORM MOBILE
titanium appcelerator
Code app in Javascript against APIs
Javascript bridge compiled to native code
Apple iOS, Google Android & Mobile Web
Blackberry 10 & Windows Mobile 8 (beta)

9. WHY APPCELERATOR?
one language
Single Trunk Codebase
Branches for each mobile platform
Sub Branches for each UI / UX form factor
Faster Development
Develop native applications
20% faster than writing in the
native language
Code Reuse
Reuse 60%-90% of developed
code when supporting multiple
platforms
Reduce Cost
Reduce cost of development cross-
platform by using a JavaScript
based SDK

10. WHY APPCELERATOR?
ecosystem
Open source & constantly evolving:
- Cross Platform SDK (5,000+ APIs)
- Modules (Testflight, Bluetooth)
- Community Projects
- Increased Platform Support
- MVC Framework (Alloy)
- MBaaS (ACS)
- ACS.Node
Ti Shadow

11. JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORK
alloy mvc
Free to architect Javascript how you like but...
Less Code
Write 50%-60% less code than
traditional development toolkits
More Maintainable
Easy to read and maintain
codebase
Function and Widget Reuse
Easily reuse function and application
widgets across one or more apps

12. CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
cloud services (acs)
Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS)
- Instant backend for your app
- User authentication
- Social integrations
- Push notifications
- Checkins
- Twitter style chat
- Upload photos
- Places
- Custom objects & much more...

13. NODE.JS IN CLOUD
node.acs
Deploy Javascript Node.js apps in cloud & call same ACS
API.
- Mobile Website / Webapp
- Web Apps
- CMS / CRM Systems
Mobile Solutions not just apps!

14. MOBILE FIRST
architecture
You can write an app entirely in Javascript
Free to structure Javascript code however you like

15. TO BE AN APPCELERATOR MOBILE DEVELOPER
you need
Mac or PC (need a mac for iOS Apps)
A mobile phone
Some web skills (Javascript, CSS, XML)
Titanium Studio (Free)

16. HELLO WORLD +
titanium studio

17. HELLO WORLD +
titanium studio

18. HELLO WORLD +
cross platform apps

19. HELLO WORLD +
live code demo
....

20. LIMITATIONS, PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
limitations
It’s not a perfect system...
- Limited ability to optimise app performance
- Reliance on Appcelerator integrating APIs = Modules
- Titanium Studio Clunky = CLI
- Limited in terms of game development = Platino

21. FUTURE OF MOBILE
fragmentation
- Mobile landscape is changing fast!
- Now four major mobile platform
Titanium Appcelerator best solution to create native
performant apps with great user experience across all
platforms at reasonable price point.

22. THAT’S IT!
questions & resources
applificationhq.com
www.appcelerator.com
http://docs.appcelerator.com/titanium/latest/
http://vimeo.com/appcelerator
https://github.com/appcelerator/