The document summarizes the kickoff meeting of the NYC Titanium User's Group on February 19th, 2013. It provides an overview of the meeting agenda including introductions, future meeting themes, and an overview of the Appcelerator platform and community. The group aims to help Titanium developers network, learn best practices, and collaborate on projects. Meeting topics will cover technologies like Alloy and Node.ACS, as well as app design, testing, and business issues. Contact information is provided for the group organizer.

1. NYC Titanium User’s Group
Kickoff Meeting
John Oliva
February 19th, 2013
NYC Titanium User’s Group 1

2. TOPICS
Who are we?
Meeting format
Themes & topics for future meetings
Overview of Appcelerator technologies,
services and community
Open discussion
NYC Titanium User’s Group 2

3. WHO ARE WE?
Experience with Titanium*
High
Low 22%
40%
Medium
38%
* Estimated based on 60 people reporting
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4. WHO ARE WE?
Platform Interests*
100%
80%
60%
95%
82% 40%
20%
21% 18%
iOS
16% 0%
Android
Win Phone 8
BlackBerry 10
Mobile Web
* Based on 61 people reporting
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5. Technology & Design
WHO ARE WE? Capabilities of Titanium
Learn Alloy
What do we want from the group?* Compare with alternative cross-
platform technologies
Best practices & design patterns
Compare UX strategies
See examples of apps developed &
Networking & Advise in app stores
Meet and network with other Build games
Titanium developers
Help evaluating whether to
adopt
Job opportunities
Get a sense of usage in NYC
Get inspired
Collaboration
Work with other digital media
developers
Help with problems (e.g. memory
issues)
Participate in hackathons & projects
* Based on those reporting
with other members
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6. General Meeting Format
Socialize
Welcome & Introduction to Presentation
Organizer Announcements
Interesting news from the world of Appcelerator & related
Upcoming meetings and events
Lightning talks, announcements, call for assistance,etc.
Presentation and questions
Adjourn to nearby bar to continue socializing
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7. Themes & Topics for Future Meetings
(some ideas to stimulate discussion)
Appcelerator
Overview of Titanium and all of the related services, products
Comparison with alternative cross-platform technologies
(PhoneGap, Sencha Touch, etc.)
What’s new from CodeStrong
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8. Themes & Topics for Future Meetings
(some ideas to stimulate discussion)
Technology & Process Testing and continuous integration
Javascript & use of libraries
Alloy
ACS & Node.ACS Building Titanium modules & widgets
Developing for iOS, Android, BlackBerry Building and deploying a Node.ACS app
10, Win Phone 8, Mobile Web Use of CLI rather than Titanium Studio
Best in class design techniques Alternative build tools
TiShadow for fast iterative development HW hacking with Titanium
Techniques for effectively building, testing Alternatives for storing data locally and
and maintaining cross-platform apps remotely
Debugging techniques Performance and optimization of
Titanium apps
Alternative mobile backends - PaaS
(OpenShift, CloudFoundry, etc.), BaaS Common design patterns used with
(Kinvey, Parse, etc.) Titanium and mobile
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9. Themes & Topics for Future Meetings
(some ideas to stimulate discussion)
UI/UX
Design techniques for creating awesome user experiences
iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Win Phone 8 user interface patterns
and design elements
Design tools for creating custom assets
NYC Titanium User’s Group 9

10. Themes & Topics for Future Meetings
(some ideas to stimulate discussion)
Business of Mobile
Mobile analytics and user engagement
Monetization
application pricing
add based revenue
in-app purchases
Beta testing techniques (tools, services, best practices)
Different app markets, techniques for getting visibility, engaging
and interacting with users
NYC Titanium User’s Group 10

11. Themes & Topics for Future Meetings
(some ideas to stimulate discussion)
Miscellaneous
Case studies of designing, building, testing, marketing and
deploying apps from members of the community.
Building games with Titanium (e.g. Plantino)
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12. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Services Technology
Appcelerator started
with the idea that mobile
will impact our lives even
more than the web.
Community
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13. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Production Technology Operational
Titanium Studio Appcelerator
Titanium SDK Cloud Services
Titanium CLI (ACS)
Enterprise Edition Node.ACS
Tools Analytics
Wiki and Online
Documentation
Marketplace
NYC Titanium User’s Group 13

14. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Technology
Titanium Studio
Based on Aptana Studio (also supports CSS, HTML, Javascript, Python, Ruby, Rails, PHP)
Leverages native build and debugging tools for each of the target platforms
Community and enterprise editions
Builds and deploys to:
iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod)
deployments: iTunes App Store, Apple ad-hoc distribution
Android
deployments: Google Play Store
BlackBerry 10 (preview)
Windows Phone 8 (expected mid-2013)
HTML5 Mobile Web
NYC Titanium User’s Group 14

15. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Technology
Titanium SDK
Platforms:
iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod)
Android
BlackBerry 10 (preview)
Windows Phone 8 (expected mid-2013)
HTML5 Mobile Web
Alloy
client side MVC framework
separation of concerns
Titanium CLI
scriptable
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16. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Technology
Enterprise Edition Tools
SOASTA test automation
Appthority security assessment tools
Crittercism mobile app performance tools
Enterprise modules
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17. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Technology
Cloud Services
Appcelerator Cloud Services (ACS) - MBaaS
Node.ACS - PaaS
Analytics
User analytics
Session analytics
Custom events
Nodeable real-time processing (coming??)
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18. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Services
Services and Partnering
Appcelerator Professional Services
consulting and outsourcing
Integration Partners
Technology Partners
Appcelerator Training and Training
Partners
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19. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Services
Training Courses and Certification
Training Certification
Building Native Mobile Apps (BNAPP) Titanium Certified Application Developer (TCAD)
Old Advanced Titanium Mobile Development (ATMD) Titanium Certified Mobile Developer (TCMD)
Titanium Certified Expert (TCE) - aka Instructor
Titanium Certified Developer Training Titanium Certified Developer (TCD)
New Titanium Certified Expert Training Titanium Certified Expert (TCE)
Titanium Certified Instructor (TCI) -- two levels, one
each for TCD & TCE
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20. Overview of Appcelerator Technologies,
Services and Community
Community
Meetup Groups
Devlink - profiles for community members
Appcelerator Q&A forum
Google Groups
Appc Ti Alloy, Appc Titanium CLI, Appc Ti Mobile BlackBerry, Node.ACS, Appcelerator Trainers, etc.
JIRA - bug tracking system
IRC (freenode.net, #titanium_app)
Twitter (@Appcelerator, #appcelerator, #titanium)
Titans Program
active participants of the Titanium community who promote the platform's adoption and use
CodeStrong - annual conference
Github (tons of good stuff)
source code for: Titanium mobile SDKs, Titanium CLI, Alloy, many modules & applications (e.g. KitchenSink), etc.
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21. Some Notable Events
2006
Appcelerator founded with the idea that mobile will impact our lives even more than the web
2009
Titanium launched at Apple’s WWDC
2011
Aptana IDE, based on Eclipse, is acquired
First CodeStrong conference
Support added to integrate with RedHat’s OpenShift PaaS
2012
CocoaFish , which provides BaaS cloud services, is acquired
Titanium Desktop is spun off into community driven open source project (now named TideSDK (tidesdk.org)
Titanium 2.0 brings cloud services (ACS), HTML5 mobile web apps
Partners with Appthority to provide an end-to-end process for secure mobile enterprise app development
Initial beta support for BlackBerry 10
Virtual Private ACS option available and forthcoming private ACS option announced.
Second CodeStrong conference
Appcelerator announces Innovation Fund to invest in transformative early-stage mobile startups. Lanica is the first
startup to receive investment through fund.
Support for Windows Phone 8 announced (expected mid 2013)
Nodeable, a leader in real-time, big data processing for Hadoop type real-time data processing, is acquired
2013
Partners with SOASTA to offer fully integrated test automation solution
Partners with Crittercism to tightly integrate Mobile App Performance Platform into Titanium
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22. Contact Info
NYC Titanium User’s Group
John Oliva
Organizer for NYC Titanium User’s Group
e-mail: joliva63@gmail.com
cell: (908) 812-3667
twitter: @joliva
linkedin: http://bit.ly/joliva63
website: http://olivalabs.com
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