Adobe AIR Programming Unleashed

By Michael Givens, Dimitrios Gianninas, Stacy Tyler Young

Covers version 1.5 of Adobe AIR Written to help you hit the ground running, this book teaches you how to build state-of-the-art rich desktop applications on the breakthrough Adobe AIR platform. Stacy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672329719
• ISBN13: 9780672329715
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 483 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 7.0"

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A fine guide illustrating the application through a series of examples based on the official 1.5 rel

Version 1.5 of Adobe AIR is included in this fine guide illustrating the application through a series of examples based on the official 1.5 release. Libraries strong in Adobe AIR development guides will appreciate a programmer's guide covering how to customize and tweak the program for maximum benefit. Included are downloadable examples and source code on the web, making for an even more valuable study tool.

stands between you and the operating system

Adobe is making a pitch to the javascript and open source community with its AIR. The attraction is to move towards a unification of the browser and desktop application environments and capabilities. Think of AIR perhaps as an extension of the browser. Long overdue to those of you who have chafed at the limitations of HTML compared to running a full native application on the desktop. The book shows how with AIR you can use skills built up in Ajax, HTML and Flash. A strong point is the multilanguage capability. Plus the means of using it on linux, Mac and MS Windows. In essence, AIR is a software layer between your code and the operating system. Not unlike the way that java operates, come to think of it.