Titanium Alloy in Action

My presentation at TiConf EU 2014 in Amsterdam where I talk about the challenges of being a cross-platform mobile developer and how to properly approach it using Titanium Alloy. Get the book at http://manning.com/alcocer

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1. Ricardo Alcocer June 29, 2014 TiConf EU - Amsterdam
2. About me •  Have been Titanium since 2009 •  Former independent Titanium trainer in the Caribbean and Latin America •  13+ years in software consulting –  Client-server Development –  Web Development –  Mobile Development •  Former college professor teaching Web Development (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, CSS) •  Serial entrepreneur •  Wordcamps, Barcamps, Startup Weekends, etc. •  Obsessed with native cross-platform development •  Free Software and Open Source advocate •  Love JavaScript hacking and tech startups
3. Cross-platform development : A very old problem
7. Devices are not only for testing
10. Love and respect your target platforms
11. “When you strive for consistency, you achieve it through mediocrity” Phil Libin – CEO of Evernote
13. http://androidniceties.tumblr.com http://www.mobile-patterns.com
14. h"ps://developer.apple.com/library/ios/design/index.html  
15. h"p://developer.android.com/design/get-­‐started/principles.html  
16. Why write a book? •  Web developers/Designers •  Help ramp-up knowledge •  Use 80/20 approach •  Cross-platform Beginners •  Learn by doing •  Learn and understand the value of the developer community
17. Part 1 – The Basics •  What is Titanium and Alloy •  Building an MP3 player – Basics of Alloy MVC – Alloy Themes – Alloy Widgets
18. Part 2 – Adding advanced functionality •  Tabs, Lists, Web Services and advanced Android customization –  Screen elements (Lists, images, etc.) –  Working with Android Styles and ActionBar Themes –  Connecting to web services •  Local Data –  Properties –  Alloy CFG –  Alloy Models –  SQLite
19. Part 2 – Adding advanced functionality •  Camera and Photo Gallery – Accessing the cameral – Accessing the photo gallery – Sharing with social networks •  Working with Android share intents •  Working with Native Modules
20. Part 2 – Adding advanced functionality •  ACS – Understanding the ACS API – Lilacs – Revisit conference app to add: •  Dynamic events data •  Dynamic list of speakers •  Dynamic news feed •  Push notifications
21. Appendices •  JavaScript refresher •  Installing and configuring Titanium – CLI – Genymotion •  Submitting apps to the App Store and Google Play
22. Appendices •  Cross-platform user interface control reference
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