sample code to go with slideshare deck on parse http://www.slideshare.net/aaronksaunders/parse-appcelerator-titanium-the-easy-way-jan2013

parse_sample.js

//
// See Slidedeck for more information
//
// http://www.slideshare.net/aaronksaunders/parse-appcelerator-titanium-the-easy-way-jan2013
//
// Aaron K Saunders
// Clearly Innovative Inc
//
// twitter : @aaronksaunders
// blog    : blog.clearlyinnovative.com
//

var TiParse = require("tiparse")();

var TestObject = TiParse.Object.extend("TestObject");
var testObject = new TestObject();
testObject.save({
    foo : "bar"
}, {
    success : function(object) {
        Ti.API.info("yay! it worked");
        createUser()
    },
    error : function(object, error) {
        // Show the error message somewhere and let the user try again.
        Ti.API.info("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
    }
});

//
// CREATE USER
//

//
// LOGIN USER
//
function testUserLogin(_user) {
    Parse.User.logIn(_user.get("username"), _user.get("password"), {
        success : function(user) {
            // Do stuff after successful login.
            Ti.API.info("yay! logIn worked " + JSON.stringify(user));
        },
        error : function(user, error) {
            // Show the error message somewhere and let the user try again.
            Ti.API.info("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message);
        }
    });
}

function createUser() {
    var user = new TiParse.User();
    user.set("username", "my name");
    user.set("password", "my pass");
    user.set("email", "[email protected]");

    // other fields can be set just like with Parse.Object
    user.set("phone", "415-392-0202");

    user.signUp(null, {
        success : function(_user) {
            // Hooray! Let them use the app now.
            Ti.API.info("yay! signUp worked " + JSON.stringify(user));
            testUserLogin(user);
        },
        error : function(_user, error) {
            // Show the error message somewhere and let the user try again.
            Ti.API.info("Error: " + error.code + " " + error.message); debugger;
            testUserLogin(user);
        }
    });
}

tiparse.js

var TiParse = function(options) {
    Ti.include("parse-min.js");
    Parse.localStorage = {
        getItem: function(_key) {
            return Ti.App.Properties.getObject(_key);
        },
        setItem: function(_key, _value) {
            return Ti.App.Properties.setObject(_key, _value);
        },
        removeItem: function(_key, _value) {
            return Ti.App.Properties.removeProperty(_key);
        }
    };
    Parse._ajax = function(method, url, data, success, error) {
        var handled = !1, xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient({
            timeout: 5000
        });
        xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
            if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
                if (handled) return;
                handled = !0;
                if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
                    var response;
                    try {
                        response = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
                    } catch (e) {
                        error && error(xhr);
                    }
                    response && success && success(response, xhr);
                } else error && error(xhr);
            }
        };
        xhr.open(method, url, !0);
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
        xhr.send(data);
    };
    Parse.initialize("KEYS", "KEYS");
    return Parse;
};

module.exports = TiParse;

Hiya,
I was thinking of building an app with the open-source versions of titanium+alloy and parse.com-server.

Do you think this is a good idea or is this combination already outtdated and "dead"?!