What is Appcelerator

Appcelerator is a fully-integrated platform for building rich Internet Applications (RIAs). It provides everything you need to build a rich and highly interactive web site or application.

Appcelerator is powered by several powerful capabilities:

• Message Oriented Architecture
• Web Expression Language
• Widget Framework
• Integrated Services Platform

This “Overview” section contains high-level details about each of these capabilities.

Appcelerator also provides a number of other capabilities, including:

• Localization Framework
• Client-side Validation Framework
• Form-specific features
• Several common JS utilities (e.g., Date formatting, Cookie manipulation)
• Tools for client-side debugging
• Flexible programming models (declarative or Javascript)
• Built-in support for popular server-side programming languages