The document discusses building native mobile apps using Javascript with Appcelerator versus PhoneGap. It notes the main advantages of Appcelerator are the speed of development since no Objective-C or Java knowledge is required, yet native apps can be created. It allows for cross-platform development across iOS and Android. Appcelerator is compared to PhoneGap, with Appcelerator using native development so performance is better, while PhoneGap uses a HTML container with more platforms supported but lower performance. The document demonstrates extending apps with native modules and the Alloy framework.

1. Build native apps with
Javascript
Wienke Giezeman – Co-Founder WappZapp - @wienke

2. Who am I?

3. The main advantages of
Appcelerator?
Speed of development
No Objective C or Java knowledge required
Yet a native app
Chances for cross platform developement

4. Appcelerator vs. PhoneGap
Titanium
PhoneGap
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Native
Works with Javascript proxies
Cross platform
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Language
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iOS, Android, Web
JS
Performance
Own SDK Titanium Studio
Possibilities to integrate native
modules (module appstore)
HTML container (UIWebView)
Many platforms
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iOS, Android, BB, Symbian, Palm
Languages
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JS, HTML, CSS

6. CODE

8. Extend With Native Modules

10. ALLOY

11. Demo

12. Where to start?
• Appcelerator– http://www.appcelerator.com
• KitchenSink (Demo)
– Demo’s the entire API