Cloud-Connected Mobile Opportunity Expand To 1.5M Developers Worldwide
Appcelerator Acquires Aptana to Unleash Massive Cloud-Connected Application Opportunity for Over 1,500,000 Web Developers
Companies combine to create enterprise-grade application development platform
Appcelerator®, the leading platform for rapidly developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using Web technologies announced today that it has acquired Aptana®, the leading integrated development environment (IDE) for building web applications. The acquisition sets the stage for a new standard in next-generation application development by providing Web developers with a best-in-class, enterprise-grade development platform to rapidly build rich native applications that integrate easily with the cloud. The acquisition also brings together two of the world’s largest web development communities, Appcelerator’s and Aptana’s, to create a huge application development base of over 1,500,000 application developers.
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Jeff Haynie’s blog
CEO, Appcelerator, Inc.
Today has been an exciting day for web developers worldwide and especially for the Appcelerator and Aptana communities. Appcelerator and Aptana have joined forces to offer web developers the best combination of a platform for developing web, desktop, mobile and tablet applications along with the best set of tools for designing, developing, and deploying native cloud-connected apps.
Paul Colton’s blog
CEO, Aptana, Inc.
Today we’ve opened some new doors for Aptana developers. Our Studio product has become the leading development environment for web applications, and I’m pleased to announce that we’ve now become part of the leading development platform, Appcelerator.
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Why did Appcelerator acquire Aptana?
Aptana is a perfect complement to the Appcelerator brand, developer base, technology stack, and business model. Aptana is used by millions of open source web developers worldwide as an enterprise-grade development environment, which aligns closely to the needs of Appcelerator’s customer base and developer community for a high-quality, highly-productive set of open source development tools and technologies. From a technology perspective, Aptana supports PHP, Ruby, and JavaScript – all languages that Appcelerator uses to build web, mobile and desktop applications. Long-term, Aptana will help Appcelerator deliver on its vision of cloud-connected mobility by better connecting Appcelerator Titanium-based apps to cloud services.
