Get an insight of our development process when we were asked to contribute to the Drupal Government Days building an app for iPhone and Android loaded with Drupal driven data

1. Making Drupal and mobile appswork together

2. Bart Gysens Cmo – Marketing eGovernment / vzw Mobile development bart.gysens@anaxis.be Online: wadje12 me 2 / anaXis Welcome – who am I?

3. What we do? 3 anaXis

4. What we do? 4 anaXis

5. App vs Mobile site basics 5 / Question: build an app with drupal data

6. Platforms? basics 6 / Question: build an app with drupal data

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11. smiling customerbasics 7 / Question: build an app with drupal data

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16. smiling customerbasics 8 / Question: build an app with drupal data 2 weeks top needed fordevelopment 1 week forrevision 1 week fordeployment

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21. smiling customerbasics 9 / Question: build an app with drupal data

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26. smiling customerbasics 10 / Question: build an app with drupal data

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31. smiling customerbasics 11 / Question: build an app with drupal data framework or native development

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36. smiling customerbasics 12 / Question: build an app with drupal data

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41. smiling customerbasics 13 / Question: build an app with drupal data Open Source Cheap (read: free) Knowncodingstandards Knownprogrammingstandards & code Great community & broadintegration level 1 size fits all & “hey itfills are needs, so ok!”

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46. smiling customerbasics 14 / Question: build an app with drupal data iStore : check! Android market: check! easy update deployment: check!

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51. smiling customerbasics 15 / Question: build an app with drupal data check!

52. XML – data exchange: 1 file vs partial data data 16 / Pieces of the puzzle

53. Asynchronous data retrieval data 17 / Pieces of the puzzle

54. Caching & low size graphics speed 18 / Pieces of the puzzle !!!

56. load initial data (user and data versions vs cache)

57. parse data

58. start GUI

59. when in module load necessary data

60. parse data when asked and cache result

61. check live data when asked (almost zero)

62. cache all graphics (avatars)processes 19 / Build and deploy

63. Titanium - appCellerator interface GUI development 20 / Build and deploy

64. Essentials! these you really need 21 / Build and deploy

65. Javascript rules programming language 22 / Build and deploy

66. app.js 23 / Build and deploy Setting variables Building the tabs

67. app.js 24 / Build and deploy Get the data and check online status

68. app.js 25 / Build and deploy Ifnetwork load else handle being offline

69. attendees.js 26 / Build and deploy How the attendees are handled

70. attendees.js 27 / Build and deploy How the attendees are handled

71. shown iPhone emulator test your application 28 / Build and deploy

72. Easy as clicking distributing 29 / Build and deploy

73. Done! distributing 30 / Build and deploy

74. Bart Gysens Cmo – Marketing eGovernment / vzw Mobile development bart.gysens@anaxis.be Online: wadje12 finally 31 / Building an app with Titanium & Drupal Questions?