Appcelerator Titanium - An Intro

A quick introduction of Appcelerator Titanium, as well as some pros and cons.

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1. Ordered List Jonathan Hoyt GRWebDev Meetup May 23rd, 2011 Appcelerator Titanium Use Web Tech to Build Native Apps
2. 1) Platform (API) What is Titanium Really? 2) Dev Tools 3) Business
3. Code Examples http://developer.appcelerator.com/questions Forums API Docs
4. Development Tools
5. Business Model
6. 1) Native Apps What is so great about Titanium? 2) iOS, Android, ??? 3) Open Source
7. Native UI
8. > iPhone/iPod/iPad Current Platforms > Android Devices > Blackberry The Future > ???
9. Open Source
10. 1) Less HTML/CSS So what sucks about Titanium? 2) Cross-Platform Gotchya’s 3) Compiling Woes
11. I love using html & css, where is it? Tip: Learn more javascript. If thats not your thing, Titanium probably isn’t for you.
12. Cross-platform gotchya’s are a PITA 1) UI Widgets 2) Android Emulator 3) Apple App Store 4) Android Marketplace
13. Compiling woes are also a PITA 1) Cryptic errors 2) Only community support unless you pay
14. •187 lines of html •1 line of css •43 lines of javascript Version 1 with PhoneGap •0 lines of html •0 lines of css •272 lines of javascript Version 2 with Titanium •jQueryMobile library •Titanium Appendix
15. Questions? @jonmagic http://jonmagic.com