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Appcelerator Titanium
Developer(s)Appcelerator, Inc.
Stable release
1.8.1 / January 31, 2012 (2012-01-31)
Repository
Operating systemiOS, Android, BlackBerry, Mac OS X, Windows, Linux
TypeApplication framework
LicenseApache Public License v2, Proprietary software
Websitehttp://www.appcelerator.com

Appcelerator Titanium is a platform for developing mobile, tablet and desktop applications using web technologies. Appcelerator Titanium is developed by Appcelerator Inc. and was introduced in December 2008.[1] Support for developing iPhone- and Android-based mobile applications was added in June 2009.[2] Support for developing iPad-based tablet apps was added in April 2010.[3] BlackBerry support was announced on June 2010[4] but it is still in closed beta.

Appcelerator Titanium Mobile is one of several phone web based application framework solutions allowing web developers to apply existing skills to create native applications for iPhone and Android. Yet, while using the familiar JavaScript syntax, developers will also have to learn the extensive Titanium API, which is quite different from familiar web frameworks such as jQuery. Still, it is simpler to learn a new API than to learn a new language (Objective-C or Java) and several new APIs.

Appcelerator Titanium is sometimes compared to Adobe Air for developing desktop applications for Windows, Mac and also Linux [5]

All application source code gets deployed to the mobile device where it is interpreted (the company's marketing refers to this as being a "cross-compiler").[6] This means that during development any errors in the source code do not occur until run-time. At run time, the loading performance is lower, as the last step (i.e. interpreting the source code on the device) needs to be done every time the application runs.

Some developers have reported that although working with Titanium gives fast results, making Titanium well suited for prototyping, there are issues around differences in behaviour of the API cross-platform, stability and memory management, that made them re-write their apps in native code in the end. [7] [8]. However, as of February 28th, 2012, there have been over 30,000 applications shipped to the app stores built with Titanium, including NBCUniversal's flagship mobile app [9]. Many Appcelerator developers cite the speed of development, native UI, and JavaScript skill set needed as reasons why they choose to use Appcelerator[10].

In June 2011, Appcelerator released Titanium Studio and Titanium Mobile 1.7. [11] Titanium Studio is a full open standards IDE that is derived from Aptana Studio which Appcelerator acquired in January 2011. In April 2010 Appcelerator expanded the Titanium product line with the Titanium Tablet SDK.[3] The Titanium Tablet SDK draws heavily from the existing support for iPhone but also includes native support for iPad-only user interface controls such as split views and popovers. Initially the mobile SDK only supported development for iPad, but support now includes Android-based tablets as well.

Appcelerator, Inc. also offers cloud-based services for packaging, testing and distributing software applications developed on the Titanium platform.[12] The company expanded its product line in January 2011 by acquiring Aptana, Inc, a developer of open source tools for building web applications. [13]

Features

The core features of Appcelerator Titanium include:

  • Support for standards-based web technologies: HTML, CSS and Javascript on all platforms along with PHP, Python and Ruby for desktop platforms
  • Integrated support for popular JavaScript and AJAX Frameworks including jQuery, YUI, MooTools, Scriptaculous and others.
  • A platform-independent API to access native UI components including navigation bars, menus, dialog boxes and alerts, and native device functionality including the file system, sound, network and local database
  • API access to native mobile functionality like geolocation, accelerometer and maps
  • Extensibility through open interfaces and licensing, allowing developers to introduce support for additional scripting languages, media codecs and device-specific functionality

See also

References

  1. ^ "Appcelerator Raises $4.1 Million for Open Source RIA Platform". Techcrunch. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Appcelerator enables iPhone, Android app dev". InfoWorld. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Appcelerator Simplifies iPad App Development". 5 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  4. ^ http://blackberryrocks.com/2010/05/06/appcelerator-announces-titanium-mobile-beta-support-blackberry-news/
  5. ^ "Appcelerator Takes On Adobe AIR with Titanium". eWeek. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  6. ^ "The Titanium JavaScript Environment".
  7. ^ "Why you should stay away from Appcelerator's Titanium". 2 June 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  8. ^ "A few months with Titanium Appcelerator". 2 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  9. ^ "NBC iPad app now available". NBC. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Why Titanium Appcelerator". Aaron Saunders, Clearly Innovative. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  11. ^ Perez, Sarah (14 June 2011). "Appcelerator Launches Titanium Studio: Mobile, Desktop & Web Development in One". ReadWriteWeb. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Appcelerator Network Cloud Services". Appcelerator, Inc. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  13. ^ "Appcelerator Acquires Web App Development Suite Aptana". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
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