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Totally unknown fact that resource_controller was initially extracted from a project James was working on with me (he was doing the coding) 7 odd years ago, we never fully discussed it as the project never saw the light of day (it was for a client) but I'm pretty sure the crazy client requirements drove the thinking behind it in some part.. I still have the half finished project somewhere, must dig it out..
Pretty shocked about his death, an inspirational guy.
Titanium is open source also (full source on GitHub), we've forked the SDK and made our own modifications.. From what I know fees are for support and the opportunity for Appcelerator accreditation, which isn't necessary in every case..
We have experience of building native Android and iOS apps, but have used Titanium in the past to quickly prototype ideas, and it's proved a great tool for that..
We recently however used Titanium for a full client project (an app to control a home heating system), usual story, tight budgets/time/etc. We built the iOS app in under 3 months and then ported to Android in about 3 weeks, very pleased with the results, the app is now being widely used daily by many end users..
Two points that should be considered though:
1. You need to be very careful using Titanium, specifically in terms of organising your layouts and how you organise/implement your code.. Both these can make the app a pain to port and potentially dog slow and prone to crashes on both platforms
2. It's not going to work in every use case, there's limitations, mostly in terms of speed (rendering long lists, some slight responsiveness issues, etc.)
Dublin, Ireland (remote an option)
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