# Titanium Turbo The awesome framework for turbo charging your Titanium cross-platform native mobile app development! ----------- [](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Check%20out%20Titanium%20Turbo%20on%20GitHub!!%20%20Seriously%20fast%20cross-platform%20native%20mobile%20app%20development!&url=https://github.com/brentonhouse/turbo&via=🚀%20Titanium%20Turbo&hashtags=axwaydev)    [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@titanium/turbo) [](https://dependabot.com)   [](https://github.com/brentonhouse/titanium-turbo/graphs/contributors/) []() > _**ℹ️ Disclaimer:** > This project is not an official Axway product. It is managed by [Brenton House](https://brenton.house) using open-source modules, libraries, and tools. Try it out and [let us know what you think](https://github.com/brentonhouse/titanium-turbo/issues)!_ ----------- * [📓   Description](#--description) * [🚀   Getting Started](#--getting-started) * [Simple Method](#simple-method) * [Manual Method](#manual-method) * [✨   Features](#--features) * [🎓 Learn More](#-learn-more) * [📚   Related projects](#--related-projects) * [🎟️   Modules for Titanium Mobile](#️--modules-for-titanium-mobile) * [🎟️   Modules for Node.js and Titanium Mobile](#️--modules-for-nodejs-and-titanium-mobile) * [📦   Project Starter Kits](#--project-starter-kits) * [📣   Feedback](#--feedback) * [Follow Brenton House](#follow-brenton-house) * [©️   Legal](#️--legal) ----------- ## 📓   Description Titanium Turbo is a fork of **`Titanium Alloy`** that adds a lot of enhancements and customizations for rapid development. > **Starting with `Turbo v2`, version number of Turbo will no longer be tied to versions of Titanium Alloy.** This version of Titanium Turbo is based on **`Titanium Alloy 1.15.1`** ## 🚀   Getting Started ### Simple Method Create new Titanium Turbo project ``` npx @geek/mobile app:create my-new-app ``` Build or Run app as you would normally. ----------- ### Manual Method Create new Titanium Alloy project Install `Titanium Turbo` in root of project ``` npm install --save-dev @titanium/turbo ``` Install `Titanium Turbo Plugin` in root of project ``` npm install --save-dev @titanium/plugin-turbo ``` Build or Run app as you would normally. ----------- ## ✨   Features > See `changelog.md` for history of changes * [x] Supports installing npm packages in root of project for use in mobile [[TIMOB-26352]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-26352) [[Alloy PR]](https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/pull/950)  * [x] Support for the following XML attributes in `textField`, `label`, and `textArea`: [[ALOY-1547]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1547)  - fontSize - fontFamily - fontStyle - fontWeight - textStyle * [x] Replaced Underscore.js with Lodash 4.17.12 [[ALOY-1168]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1168) * [x] Updated babel.js to 7.x [[ALOY-1629]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1629)  * [x] Enhanced support for babel config files: `.babelrc`, `.babelrc.js` and `babel.config.js`  * [x] Added support for `camelCase`, `snake_case`, and `kabab-case` in XML views. [[ALOY-1647]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1647)  * [x] Added plugin property `compileConfig.dir.resourcesAlloy`  * [x] Updated moment to 2.24.0 [[ALOY-1682]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1682)  * [x] Added backbone 1.4.0 [[ALOY-1648]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1648)  * [x] Made default backbone version: 1.4.0 * [x] Added support for xml namespaced attributes per platform (e.g. `ios:text` or `android:text`) [[ALOY-1646]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1646)  * [x] Added support for xml attributes with dotted notation (e.g. `font.fontSize`) [[ALOY-1363]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1363)  * [x] Added support for using `$.args` in XML views. [[ALOY-1316]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1316)  * [x] Added support for using `$.*` in XML views. -- Anything that starts with "$." in an Alloy XML View will be used literally and not treated as a string.  * [x] Added support for using `turbo.*` in XML views. -- Anything that starts with "turbo." in an Alloy XML View will be used literally and not treated as a string. **[Required workaround for `node_modules` support to LiveView]** [[TIMOB-27206]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-27206)  * [x] Added support for `__init()` function in controller that will be called before view is built. -- Allows `$.*` variables to be created and used in XML views.  * [x] Added support for `visibility` property in XML Views with possible values of: `collapse`, `expand`, and `visible`, `hidden` -- Allows collapsing of view in XML. [[TIMOB-27307]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-27307)  * [x] Added constants: `Ti.UI.VISIBILITY_COLLAPSE`, `Ti.UI.VISIBILITY_EXPAND`, `Ti.UI.VISIBILITY_HIDDEN`, and `Ti.UI.VISIBILITY_VISIBLE`  * [x] Added support for `modelName` XML attribute to be used with with `dataCollection` to assign variable name to current model [Defaults to `__currentModel`]  * [x] Added support for `dataName` XML attribute to be used with with `dataCollection` to assign variable name to `model.__transform` [Defaults to `$model`] -- Allows developer to reference current model properties like `$model.myproperty`  * [x] Added support for adding code to XML View attributes when surrounded by '~' [[ALOY-1699]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1699)  * [x] Added support for `script` element in XML View. Add code by body or `src` attribute. [[ALOY-1700]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1700) [[Alloy PR]](https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/pull/937)  * [x] Added value alias `center` for `Ti.UI.TEXT_VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT_CENTER` when used with `verticalAlign` XML attribute [[ALOY-1703]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1703)  * [x] Added property alias `text` for `Ti.UI.Button.title` when used as XML attribute  * [x] Added property alias `src` for `Ti.UI.ImageView.image` when used as XML attribute  * [x] Added support for using underscore (instead of lodash) with this tiapp.xml property: `true`  * [x] Added support for installing widgets via npm (without naming restrictions) [[ALOY-1704]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1704)  * [x] Added support for using `WPATH()` in xml view attributes: [[ALOY-1253]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1253) [[Alloy PR]](https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/pull/948)  * [x] Added support for using `~/` as a shortcut for WPATH() in xml view attributes: [[ALOY-1714]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1714) [[Alloy PR]](https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/pull/951)  * [x] Added support for using widget as primary control in xml view [[ALOY-1256]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1256) [[Alloy PR]](https://github.com/appcelerator/alloy/pull/949)  * [x] Added support for StackLayout control (with shortcut alias of `stack` and orientation property that defaults to `vertical`) in JavaScript and xml views  * [x] Added support for VerticalLayout control (with shortcut alias of `vertical`) in JavaScript and xml views  * [x] Added support for HorizontalLayout control (with shortcut alias of `horizontal`) in JavaScript and xml views  * [x] Added support for AbsoluteLayout control (with shortcut alias of `absolute`) in JavaScript and xml views  * [x] Added support for defining the primary entry point for the application (defaults to `index`). Currently search order: `Alloy.main` → `Alloy.CFG.main` → Titanium Property: `app.main`. [[ALOY-1549]](https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/ALOY-1549)  * [x] Added support for `