Using Titanium for multi-platform development

Using Titanium for
multi-platform development
Arul Kumaran
Twitter: @_Arul | http://blog.luracast.com

More Information:
Twitter: @appcelerator | http://appcelerator.com

BarCamp Singapore 4 1

Today’s Presentation
• What is Titanium?
• Why Titanium?
• API Overview
• Demos:
– Your First Project
– Mobile TwitPic Client
– The mobile ‘kitchen sink’
•Q&A

@_Arul | Arul Kumaran - BarCamp Singapore 4 2

An Unlikely Hero
• For a decade, web technologies have
become one of the world’s most popular
client application technology solutions:
– Easy to deploy and maintain
– Cross platform
– Open standards
• Warts and all, it’s tough to find a developer
who has ZERO experience with these tools


If web apps are so great...
...why are we interested in building native
applications at all? Well:
– They feel responsive
– They leverage platform capabilities
• Filesystem I/O
• Local Database
• Mobile: Camera or Accelerometer
– They are or can be ‘always on’
– They can be used offline


But my dev shop has...
• An investment in the people, tools, skills,
and technology to build web applications
• An appreciation for open source and open
standards
• A need to get market quickly
• An aversion to maintaining a codebase per
supported platform


If only you could...
• Build fully native apps using web
technologies you know today
• Build cross platform apps from a shared
codebase
• Use open source software, based on open
standards
• Find lots of available development talent to
build these apps


Enter Titanium

Titanium is an open source framework for
building native desktop and mobile
applications using open web technologies
(HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)

• Website: http://appcelerator.com
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/appcelerator
• Source: http://github.com/appcelerator


Platforms?
• Desktop: Win32, Mac OS X (Intel), Linux
• Mobile: iPhone OS, Android
• More to come


License?
• Open Source under Apache 2.0
• Commercial training and support services
available
• More value add services to come (analytics)
• Core SDK - always free and open source


Titanium “Sweet Spot”
• Data-driven web service clients (Enterprise
applications)
• Web service mash-ups
• Social utilities
• Brand affinity
• Casual games
• Anything requiring cross-platform support


More on Titanium
• Web: http://appcelerator.com
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/appcelerator
• Docs: http://www.codestrong.com
• Videos: http://vimeo.com/appcelerator
• Source: http://github.com/appcelerator


Desktop Architecture and API
Overview


Desktop Architecture


Desktop User Interface
• Tray and Dock icons
• System Notifications
• Application Menus
• More


Media
• Play bundled or remote sound files
• System notification (beep)


Networking
• HTTPClient (XHR style object)
• Socket level access
• Built-in IRC chat client


Database and Filesystem
• Write files to the
local filesystem
• Read files from disk
• Read file via drag and
drop
• Use a synchronous or
async database API


Workers
• Spin off worker threads
• Communicate asynchronously with the
worker through a JavaScript API
• Offload long running tasks to keep your app
responsive


Language Modules
• Language modules
are optionally
included
• Full DOM access
• Three currently
supported modules:
– Ruby
– Python
– PHP


More
• Manage/run processes and applications
• Take screenshots
• Update your application remotely
• Get runtime platform data
• More at http://codestrong.com/titanium


Mobile Architecture and API
Overview


Mobile Architecture


Media
Stream or package audio and video
content


More Media...
Interact with the iPhone or Android
built-in cameras


Geo-location
Use Geo-location to leverage your
user’s position in the world


Accelerometer
Use advanced gestures and track
movement to create
groundbreaking user interfaces


Database and File System
Access a SQLite Database (sync or
async) and the platform file system


Network
XHR-style object for remote data
requests.


Native UI Controls
Use native controls through a
JavaScript interface.


Integrated YQL Support
• YQL - A web service
aggregator using
open tables
• Built in to
Titanium.Yahoo
namespace


Facebook Connect
• Facebook Connect
module (currently
iPhone only)
• Currently support
for FQL
• More on the way


Native iPhone UI
• Tab Bar
• Nav Bar
• Table View
• Alert / Options
• Group Views / Text
• Many More


Native Android UI
• Tab Bar
• Table View
• Alert / Options
• Activity Indicator
• Notifications
• Many More


Common APIs
iPhone Table View Android Table View

Same Code Creates Both


More APIs
• Platform / OS Data
• Application Properties
• Logging
• Scroll and Image Views
• Composite Views
• More always coming


Still Want More?
• Kitchen Sink - Full API Demo
• Codestrong.com has Examples and Guides
• http://www.codestrong.com/timobile/
samples/


Titanium Developer
•Developer is a Titanium Application
•Projects created/managed via Titanium
Developer
•Titanium Developer deploys code to
simulators
•Developer also helps with testing and
packaging for devices
•Requires sign-up for Appcelerator Network
(support, e-mail list, other services)

Kicking The Tires
• Your first application
– Desktop project layout
– Mobile project layout
• Demos
– Mobile TwitPic Client
– Mobile: Kitchen Sink


Next Steps
• Download: appcelerator.com/download
• Hack
– Docs/Samples: http://www.codestrong.com
– Screencasts: http://vimeo.com/appcelerator
• Get Help
– http://support.appcelerator.net
– IRC Chat - irc.freenode.net / #titanium_app


Questions?


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