Beginning Adobe AIR: Building Applications for the Adobe Integrated Runtime (Programmer to Programmer)

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is revolutionizing the way desktop applications are deployed. If you’re ready to take advantage of this platform to build desktop-based Rich Internet Applications, then this is the book for you. It presents a step-by-step process, walking you through the features of AIR so you can quickly get started.

After introducing you to AIR, Adobe expert Rich Tretola discusses the different programming languages and tools you can use for development. He then presents multiple methods for storing data, including within the file system and embedded database as well as storage on remote servers. You’ll also learn about the numerous features that allow AIR applications to interact with both Mac OS X and Windows.

This guide offers a perfect mix of tutorials and hands-on coding, and provides the resources you need to build AIR applications quickly. And it provides the resources that will help you build your first killer Rich Desktop Application.

What you will learn from this book
All about the programming languages available for AIR development
How to work with the various tools for building AIR applications
Steps for getting data into AIR applications from XML, ColdFusion, JSON, and Web Services
Ways to take advantage of the HTML and File System components
Strategies for utilizing AIR APIs that handle interactions with the operating system
How to move a Flex application to the desktop

Who this book is for
This book is for developers who are currently leveraging web technologies, such as Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript and Ajax techniques to build and deploy Rich Internet Applications.

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Adobe AIR: Create - Modify - Reuse

Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) revolutionizes the way Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are deployed. AIR supports two primary technologies, Flash and HTML/Ajax, in order to make desktop development something that every web developer can do. This book shows you how to set up a practical development environment and then walks you through eleven fully implemented AIR applications with source code that you can use as they currently exist or customize.

Each project begins by providing a discussion of architecture and design, followed by code implementation. You'll get hands-on knowledge of AIR application design and development that you can then use to build dynamic RIAs.

What you will learn from this book

* How to communicate with the computer file system
*Techniques for using and customizing the native windowing API
*How to read from and locate mp3 files on a local machine to assemble a music library
*Ways to interact with HTML and JavaScript® content within a Flex-based application
*How to use the native drag-and-drop API for opening and saving image files
*How to play H.264- and FLV-encoded video
*Techniques for restyling an HTML page off the Internet locally
*How to communicate with a local database and expand upon occasional connectivity

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Adobe AIR in Action

Adobe AIR is one of the hottest topics in rich application development. This exciting new technology is still in beta, but it’s already being adopted by such web giants as eBay. With AIR, Web developers use their existing skills to build rich applications that flow seamlessly between the internet and the desktop.

Adobe AIR in Action introduces AIR to developers familiar with Flex and JavaScript, showing them how to build solid AIR-driven desktop and hybrid applications. Using small examples, the expert authors walk web developers through the new topics they will need to develop AIR applications for the desktop. Readers will learn the essential features of the AIR API with examples and code samples that web professionals can use to get up and running in AIR quickly. The book describes how to create and customize native windows, read and write files and folders on the local file system.

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