Using JavaScript for Mobile App Development No Objective C or Java required! July 5th, 2011

Who Am I ? AuctionAnything.com ASP.NET/MS SQL jQuery/JavaScript Appcelerator Titan Stephen (sort of an ‘evangelist’ for Appcelerator)

Mobile Market

Market Share April 2011 Data from Nielson Wire on May 31st, 2011

IDE HTML/CSS/JS Using HTML5/CSS3/Js for Mobile Development

IDE Library HTML/CSS/JS Using HTML5/CSS3/Js for Mobile Development

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IDE Library HTML/CSS/JS Using HTML5/CSS3/Js for Mobile Development

Apple App Store Android Marketplace IDE Library Package Submit HTML/CSS/JS Using HTML5/CSS3/Js for Mobile Development

Code in JavaScript Translates to “Native” code Apple iOS Android Blackberry (beta) Titanium Studio IDE (formally Aptana Studio) (Windows only) (Mac OSX only) (Mac/Windows/Linux) Native Apps using Appcelerator Titanium

How Titanium Works

Code your pages

How Titanium Works Code your pages “Run” Titanium SDK

How Titanium Works Code your pages “Run” Titanium SDK Project in XCode/ObjC

How Titanium Works Code your pages “Run” Titanium SDK Running! Project in XCode/ObjC (in simulator)

A look at the “Kitchen Sink” - Tons of example code showing: Views Controls Animations Phone APIs (Contacts, Calendar) Network Calls (JSON, XML) Using Remote APIs (FB, Twitter, etc) Hardware (Camera, GPS, etc) Local Storage (Resource folder, SQL Lite Db) MUCH more!

Some general notes about Appcelerator Titanium Cross platform is like 80/20 (but there are good workarounds!) Titanium SDK evolves quickly! (nightly builds) Public/Free Q&A forum is a work in progress Paid support only during business days FastDev is an Android developer’s best friend Blackberry is still Beta! They are not committed to Windows Phone 7 (at this time) Following #appcelerator & #titanium hashes on Twitter useful 10 third party modules available! (PayPal, “Bump”, more!) Titanium API is proprietary, but open source! There is also a Desktop version for creating Mac Store apps

Beta testing your app Provide your app to testers *before* going through the App Store process TestFlight for iOS Android package

Costs Apple Developer Program: - Free to download iOS SDK and develop - $99/yr to be able to submit to AppStore Android Developer Program - Also free to get SDK and develop - $49/yr to submit to marketplace Appcelerator Titanium - Community (free) - Indie ($49/month) - Professional ($199/month)

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