Prior to API Builder 3.0, API’s were tied to models exposed by connectors. While this is a powerful and easy way to expose data sources, it does not cover all scenarios and requirements and often a significant amount of Javascript was required to add features to your model based APIs. API Builder 3.0 adds another […]

When you create an API Builder project you will find that the ArrowDB Connector is installed in your project. If you don’t find it already installed, you can always install it from the command line using the following command: appc install connector/appc.arrowdb Behind the scenes, when you created the API Builder project, an ArrowDB noSQL […]

Currently API Builder does not provide a means of importing data into a model from a spreadsheet. For example, if you have an ArrowDB model and want to populate it with data from a spreadsheet, you need to manually populate the data via POST API calls. In this blog post, we’ll discuss one method of […]

Note: This post was originally published on Medium. Rene Pot is an Appcelerator Titan, long time member of the Titanium community, and runs the Slack Titanium Channel @Ti_Slack. For more, you can follow him on Medium and Twitter. So, you want to build mobile apps? JavaScript and the idea of wrapping a website in a […]

This guest post was written by Brenton House. Brenton is a Senior Mobile Architect for Shockoe with over 20 years experience in mobile, API, and web development. He is active in the Titanium community and has worked with clients across various industries, including broadcasting, advertising, retail, financial services, transportation, and publishing. You can find more […]

This guest post was authored by Adam Armstrong. Adam has been using Titanium since 2010 and is an Appcelerator Titan. He is the Manager of Mobile Technology at AmWINS Group and does freelance work via http://implicitli.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @adamtarmstrong. I have integrated Twilio SMS Messaging for various clients over the […]

In a prior post, we described how to use API Builder to implement a Twitter Bot that posted tweets, retweeted and also followed anyone that followed the bot. In this blog post, we describe how to use API Builder to create a Facebook chatbot. A Facebook chatbot can be used to engage employees or clients […]

Note: This post was originally published on Medium. Rene Pot is an Appcelerator Titan, long time member of the Titanium community, and runs the Slack Titanium Channel @Ti_Slack. For more, you can follow him on Medium and Twitter. In this guide I will describe what I think is the proper way to structure an app. […]