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This book explains how you can use AIR to build and deploy HTML and JavaScript-based web applications to the desktop, using all of the tools and technologies with which you are already familiar. Everything you need to know about this platform is right here, so you can start building applications with AIR right away.

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Table of Contents
  1. Chapter 1 Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)

    1. A Short History of Web Applications

    2. Problems with Delivering Applications via the Browser

    3. Introducing the Adobe Integrated Runtime

    4. Primary AIR Technologies

  2. Chapter 2 Getting Started with AIR Development

    1. What Do You Need to Develop AIR Applications?

    2. Uninstalling Pre-Beta Versions of Adobe AIR

    3. Installing Adobe AIR

    4. Uninstalling Adobe AIR Beta

    5. Setting Up the AIR SDK and Command-Line Tools

    6. Creating a Simple AIR Application with HTML and JavaScript

    7. Testing the Application

    8. Packaging and Deploying the AIR Application

  3. Chapter 3 Working with JavaScript and HTML Within AIR

    1. WebKit Within the Adobe Integrated Runtime

    2. JavaScript Within AIR

    3. AIR Implementation of Functionality

    4. Accessing AIR APIs from JavaScript

  4. Chapter 4 AIR Mini-Cookbook

    1. Application Chrome

    2. Windowing

    3. File API

    4. File Pickers

    5. Service and Server Monitoring

    6. Online/Offline

    7. Drag and Drop

    8. Embedded Database

    9. Command-Line Arguments

    10. Networking

    11. Sound

  1. Appendix AIR Command-Line Tools

    1. ADL

    2. ADT

  2. Appendix AIR JavaScript Aliases

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Product Details
Title:
Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
By:
Mike Chambers, Daniel Dura, Kevin Hoyt
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Adobe Dev Library
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
July 2007
Ebook Release:
June 2009
Pages:
176
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-51519-5
| ISBN 10:
0-596-51519-7
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-55806-2
| ISBN 10:
0-596-55806-6
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