appcelerator

[toxin]

Not sure if anyone here would find any use for it  but thought to share
    * Most full-featured application development
      platform on the market (announcing iPad support)
    * iPhone without Objective-C / Android without Java
    * Windows, OSX and Linux apps on a single code base
    * Give your apps The Native Advantage

http://www.appcelerator.com/

[Mufasa]

I've actually been using it to build an Android version of one of my apps (which is currently on iPhone and WebOS). Not a great experience so far. Potential is there, but it's not ready for primetime.

A bunch of us are waiting for the big "docs" release today.. you know.. so that we have a reference and actually know what APIs are what instead of digging through their examples and trying to figure stuff out.

Shows promise though.

[Marek]

I've looked at this before and I'm skeptical that it's really that awesome.

I know that I shouldn't be judging the book by its cover, but it looks like the company is a apple-fanboy over-funded startup with way too many graphic designers (by looking at the website and the intro video.)

Sure, ultimate portability is great. But if the two target platforms are the Titanium desktop client and the Titanium mobile client, then why is JavaScript used? Let's be honest, JavaScript is a relatively painful language.

[Mufasa]

I'd disagree. Compared to using Objective C, Javascript is a breath of fresh air. Plus they're targeting all those people who use the language day to day in web development.

I believe their desktop solution allows the use of other languages like PHP as well. Seems Mobile is just taking them forever to roll out properly.