Gaurav Kheterpal gave a presentation on using Titanium for cross-platform mobile app development. The presentation covered an overview of Titanium, tips for beginners on understanding platforms and using Titanium Studio, considerations for code organization and design across Android and iOS, and techniques for performance, crash monitoring, and distribution. The presentation concluded with an invitation for questions.

1. Titanium:TheGoodParts!
GauravKheterpal
gaurav.kheterpal@metacube.com
@gauravkheterpal

2. Before We Begin
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• Shout out to Boydlee, Tipsy and
Tumbler
• And of course to Appcelerator 
• Bangalore Titanium Meetup Group -
http://www.meetup.com/Bangalore-
Titanium/

3. Agenda
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• Quick Intro
• Overview
• Ramping Up
• Cross Platform Development
• But I’m a noob 
• Let’s Get Started
• Questions and Answers

4. Quick Intro
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• Engineering Post Graduate from BITS, Pilani (Not everybody
drops out )
• Mobile + Web Developer With 15 Years of Industry
Experience (I’m getting old )
• Android, iOS Developer (That’s where the bucks are)
• Appcelerator Titanium Titan (Wish they paid me too )
• TCAD Certified Developer & Titanium Certified Instructor
• Keen Interest in Cross-Platform Frameworks such as
Titanium, PhoneGap, Sencha Touch and others (Fed up of
developing same app on multiple platforms)
• Speaker at leading industry conferences such as Dreamforce,
SenchaCon, DroidCon and several others
• Moderator – Bangalore Titanium Meetup Group
• Runner Up – Appcelerator Enterprise App Challenge, 2014

5. Ramping Up
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6. Ramping Up
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7. Ramping Up
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8. Cross Platform
Development
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Cross-Platform !== “Write Once, Run Everywhere”
• Cross-Platform in Titanium means:
• Lots of UI code reuse, depending on design
• Best-in-class experience on every platform
• “Write Once, Adapt Everywhere”

9. But I’m a Noob 
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• Understand The Platforms
• Some Love for JavaScript
• Titanium Studio
• Kitchen Sink – Your Best Friend!

10. What is Titanium
Studio?
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11. But I’m a Noob 
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• Kitchen Sink
• UI Components
• UI Containers
• Phone Features
• Platform Features
• Mashups

12. Source Code
Organization
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• Decide your platform priorities, device
priorities, common/ different features
- Single Codebase
- Different Codebases
- Single Codebase with multiple branches

13. Source Code
Organization
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• Believe that Android & iOS can peacefully
co-exist

14. Source Code
Organization
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• Believe that Android &
iOS can peacefully co-
exist

15. Design
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• Understand Platform Differences
• Navigation
• Back
• Retina/ Non-Retina
• Hdpi, ldpi, mdpi etc.
• 2.3.x to 4.4.x

16. Design
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17. Design
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• Internationalize even if you need to
support one language first up

18. Versions
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• Version-specific behavior is often required

19. Architecture
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20. Architecture
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21. Documentation
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22. Documentation
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23. Performance
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• Tools such as New Relic offer
comprehensive information including
• Execution time of various modules
• Network Response monitoring

24. Performance
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25. Performance
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26. Performance
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27. Crash Monitoring
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• Tools such as BugSense
• Android Module available on
Appcelerator MarketPlace

28. Distribution
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• Ti Module -
https://github.com/Rebelcorp/HockeyApp

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Q&A?
Hungry?
Sleepy?

http://developer.appcelerator.com
gaurav.kheterpal@metacube.com
@gauravkheterpal