Adam Paxton

I just heard about a nice little gem that is definitely useful for getting up to speed with the new Appcelerator Cloud Services API: Inside the ti.cloud module that is shipping with the Ti 2.0.1 SDK is a 'kitchen sink' style app covering pretty much everything in the Ti.Cloud API.

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Titanium 2.0 was released today, and a big feature is Appcelerator's new Cloud Services (formerly Cocoafish).  I have been beta testing the past few weeks, and I'm getting pretty excited about the release and new features! One thing I ran into while working on an integration into a client's app is that we will want to be able to update some records (or documents, since we are tal...

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I saw a recent post on Appcelerator Q&A asking if it were possible to simulate the 'tab' key functionality for moving the focus down to the next field in a form, as opposed to having to manually set an event listener on each text field to listen for the 'return' key to be pressed, then setting the focus on the next field.  I'm not sure if the tab option is possible in Ti, but we can autom...

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I went back to Mexico City for the first time since we moved last year, and aside from getting to see the old neighborhood and visit with friends in the area, which was great, I also took the opportunity to connect with some other Appcelerator Titanium Titans that are based D.F.  What resulted is what I'd call a 'mini' Titanium Titans meetup

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Last week I traveled to Mountain View, CA to attend 4 days of Titanium training at Appcelerator's new offices.  I decided in late spring to commit to using Titanium as my main mobile development product, and moved forward by getting a paid support subscription and start planning on attended training.  I chose to attend training at Appcelerator HQ over closer locations offered by 3rd part...

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