1. A Mobile App
Development Toolkit
Rebecca Murphey & Dan Imal
Boston Front End Developer Meetup
January 2012
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2. Rebecca Murphey
Lead JavaScript Developer
@rmurphey
Dan Imal
Senior User Experience Developer
@mrdanimal
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4. linkage
mulberry.toura.com
bit.ly/toura-mulberry
bit.ly/toura-mulberry-demos
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7. command line tools
scaffold your app and
generate skeleton
les for the pieces
you’ll need
application code
harness a powerful
CSS and JavaScript
framework to develop
rich interfaces
app builder
generates production-
ready builds for
Android, iOS (mobile
web is on the way)
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8. Callback
Cordova
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9. $ mulberry scaffold recipes
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12. $ mulberry generate
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13. dramatic pause.
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15. create content with
yaml, markdown & html
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16. create functionality with javascript
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17. create styles with css & sass
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19. $ mulberry serve
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20. ohai sane development tools.
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21. $ mulberry test
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24. $ mulberry deploy
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25. it’s just javascript.
(ok, and some haml, yaml, & sass.)
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26. todos:
capabilities:
- name: PageTodos
screens:
- name: index
regions:
- components:
- custom.TodoForm
- className: list
scrollable: true
components:
- custom.TodoList
- components:
- custom.TodoTools
NB: You can define this with JavaScript, too,
using toura.pageDef(‘todos’, { ... }).
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27. $YOURAPP/javascript/routes.js
mulberry.page('/todos', {
name : 'Todos',
pageDef : 'todos'
}, true);
mulberry.page('/completed', {
name : 'Completed',
pageDef : 'completed'
});
#/todos #/completed
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28. $YOURAPP/javascript/components/TodoForm.js
mulberry.component('TodoForm', {
componentTemplate : dojo.cache('client.components', 'TodoForm/TodoForm.haml'),
init : function() {
this.connect(this.domNode, 'submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var description = dojo.trim(this.descriptionInput.value),
item;
if (!description) { return; }
item = { description : description };
this.domNode.reset();
this.onAdd(item);
});
},
onAdd : function(item) { }
});
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29. $YOURAPP/javascript/components/TodoForm/TodoForm.haml
%form.component.todo-form
%input{ placeholder : 'New todo', dojoAttachPoint : 'descriptionInput' }
%button{ dojoAttachPoint : 'saveButton' } Add
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30. $YOURAPP/javascript/stores/todos.js
mulberry.store('todos', {
model : 'Todo',
finish : function(id) {
this.invoke(id, 'finish');
},
unfinish : function(id) {
this.invoke(id, 'unfinish');
}
});
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31. $YOURAPP/javascript/models/Todo.js
mulberry.model('Todo', {
complete : false,
finish : function() {
this.set('complete', true);
},
unfinish : function() {
this.set('complete', false);
}
});
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32. @touradev @rmurphey @mrdanimal
mulberry.toura.com
bit.ly/toura-mulberry
bit.ly/toura-mulberry-demos
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34. routes manage high-level application state
components receive and render data,
and react to user input
capabilities provide data to components,
and broker communications between them
page de nitions reusable groupings
of components and capabilities
stores persist data on the device, make that
data query-able, and return model instances
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35. routes manage high-level application state
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36. $YOURAPP/javascript/routes.js
mulberry.page('/todos', {
name : 'Todos',
pageDef : 'todos'
}, true);
mulberry.page('/completed', {
name : 'Completed',
pageDef : 'completed'
});
#/todos #/completed
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37. stores persist data on the device, make that
data query-able, and return model instances
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38. $YOURAPP/javascript/stores/todos.js
mulberry.store('todos', {
model : 'Todo',
finish : function(id) {
this.invoke(id, 'finish');
},
unfinish : function(id) {
this.invoke(id, 'unfinish');
}
});
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39. page de nitions reusable groupings
of components and capabilities
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40. todos:
capabilities:
- name: PageTodos
screens:
- name: index
regions:
- components:
- custom.TodoForm
- className: list
scrollable: true
components:
- custom.TodoList
- components:
- custom.TodoTools
NB: You can define this with JavaScript, too,
using toura.pageDef(‘todos’, { ... }).
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41. components receive and render data,
and react to user input
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42. $YOURAPP/javascript/components/TodoForm.js
mulberry.component('TodoForm', {
componentTemplate : dojo.cache('client.components', 'TodoForm/TodoForm.haml'),
init : function() {
this.connect(this.domNode, 'submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var description = dojo.trim(this.descriptionInput.value),
item;
if (!description) { return; }
item = { description : description };
this.domNode.reset();
this.onAdd(item);
});
},
onAdd : function(item) { }
});
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43. $YOURAPP/javascript/components/TodoForm/TodoForm.haml
%form.component.todo-form
%input{ placeholder : 'New todo', dojoAttachPoint : 'descriptionInput' }
%button{ dojoAttachPoint : 'saveButton' } Add
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44. $YOURAPP/javascript/components/TodoForm.js
mulberry.component('TodoForm', {
componentTemplate : dojo.cache('client.components', 'TodoForm/TodoForm.haml'),
init : function() {
this.connect(this.domNode, 'submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var description = dojo.trim(this.descriptionInput.value),
item;
if (!description) { return; }
item = { description : description };
this.domNode.reset();
this.onAdd(item);
});
},
onAdd : function(item) { }
});
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45. capabilities provide data to components,
and broker communications between them
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46. mulberry.capability('PageTodos', {
todos:
requirements : {
capabilities:
todoList : 'custom.TodoList',
- name: PageTodos
todoForm : 'custom.TodoForm',
screens:
todoTools : 'custom.TodoTools'
- name: index
},
regions:
- components:
connects : [
- custom.TodoForm
[ 'todoForm', 'onAdd', '_add' ],
- className: list
[ 'todoList', 'onComplete', '_complete' ],
scrollable: true
[ 'todoList', 'onDelete', '_delete' ],
components:
[ 'todoTools', 'onCompleteAll', '_completeAll' ]
- custom.TodoList
],
- components:
- custom.TodoTools
init : function() {
this.todos = client.stores.todos;
this._updateList();
},
_add : function(item) {
this.todos.add(item);
this._updateList();
},
_delete : function(id) {
this.todos.remove(id);
this._updateList();
},
Tuesday, January 24, 12 _complete : function(id) {

47. mulberry.capability('PageTodos', {
todos:
requirements : {
capabilities:
todoList : 'custom.TodoList',
- name: PageTodos
todoForm : 'custom.TodoForm',
screens:
todoTools : 'custom.TodoTools'
- name: index
},
regions:
- components:
connects : [
- custom.TodoForm
[ 'todoForm', 'onAdd', '_add' ],
- className: list
[ 'todoList', 'onComplete', '_complete' ],
scrollable: true
[ 'todoList', 'onDelete', '_delete' ],
components:
[ 'todoTools', 'onCompleteAll', '_completeAll' ]
- custom.TodoList
],
- components:
- custom.TodoTools
init : function() {
this.todos = client.stores.todos;
this._updateList();
},
_add : function(item) {
this.todos.add(item);
this._updateList();
},
_delete : function(id) {
this.todos.remove(id);
this._updateList();
},
Tuesday, January 24, 12 _complete : function(id) {

48. mulberry.capability('PageTodos', {
todos:
requirements : {
capabilities:
todoList : 'custom.TodoList',
- name: PageTodos
todoForm : 'custom.TodoForm',
screens:
todoTools : 'custom.TodoTools'
- name: index
},
regions:
- components:
connects : [
- custom.TodoForm
[ 'todoForm', 'onAdd', '_add' ],
- className: list
[ 'todoList', 'onComplete', '_complete' ],
scrollable: true
[ 'todoList', 'onDelete', '_delete' ],
components:
[ 'todoTools', 'onCompleteAll', '_completeAll' ]
- custom.TodoList
],
- components:
- custom.TodoTools
init : function() {
this.todos = client.stores.todos;
this._updateList();
},
_add : function(item) {
this.todos.add(item);
this._updateList();
},
_delete : function(id) {
this.todos.remove(id);
this._updateList();
},
Tuesday, January 24, 12 _complete : function(id) {