gistfile1.txt

// this sets the background color of the master UIView (when there are no windows/tab groups on it)
Titanium.UI.setBackgroundColor('#000');

var win = Titanium.UI.createWindow({  
    title:'Places',
    backgroundColor:'#333'
});




// Create XHR and load data
var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient();
var data; 
 
xhr.open('GET', 'http://native.getdrinkvip.com/places/by_region/622/',false);
xhr.send();

xhr.onload = function() {
	data = eval('('+this.responseText+')');
}


var tableview = Titanium.UI.createTableView({
	data:data
});

//test alert
var x = Titanium.UI.createAlertDialog({
	title:'Alert Test',
	message:this.responseText
});



win.add(tableview);
win.open();

x.show();

xhr.onload = function() {
alert(this.responseText);
//data = eval('('+this.responseText+')');
}