Press Release
March 17, 2007
Lights! Camera! Apollo! Desktop RIAs Take Off: New from O'Reilly Media and the Adobe Developer Library--Apollo Pocket Guide
Sebastopol, CA--Now you can build and deploy rich Internet applications
(RIAs) on the desktop using the Flex(tm) framework from Adobe(r). Written
by members of the Apollo product team, Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers
Pocket Guide (O'Reilly & the Adobe Developer Library, $14.99) is the
first official guide to using your web development skills in building RIAs
for the desktop with the Alpha release of Apollo--the innovative
cross-platform desktop runtime from Adobe Labs.
"We're hearing positive buzz in the web developer community around the
Apollo release, and producing a concise resource like the pocket guide is
the logical first step in helping developers get up and running fast,"
said Laurie Petrycki, General Manager, O'Reilly Media. "It's exciting to
be able to help developers understand how to bring RIAs from the Internet
to the desktop with Apollo and Flex."
"RIAs, a class of web applications that currently work in the browser,
have become a core element of today's computing experience," said Mike
Chambers, Apollo product manager at Adobe, and one of the pocket guide's
authors. "'Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide' will show Flex
developers how to bring their applications to Apollo, extending them to
the desktop--a complement to their web applications."
In clear language, this handy new pocket guide describes concisely how
Apollo works, and offers numerous examples for those who want to begin
building RIAs for the desktop right away.
Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide explains how to:
- Set up your development environment
- Create your first application
- Use the File I/O API
- Use HTML within Flex-based Apollo applications
- Use the included Apollo mini-cookbook for common tasks
Web developers will learn the basics of building Apollo applications from
Flex applications. The pocket guide is also an ideal reference for
tackling specific problems.
About the Adobe Developer Library Series:
The Adobe Developer Library is the official source for comprehensive
learning solutions to help developers create expressive and interactive
web applications that can reach virtually anyone on any platform. With
top-notch books and innovative online resources covering the latest in
rich internet application development, the Adobe Developer Library offers
expert training and in-depth resources, straight from the source. Adobe
Developer Library books are published by O'Reilly Media.
Additional Resources:
More information about the book, including table of contents, index,author bio and cover graphic
Apollo for Adobe Flex Developers Pocket Guide: A Developer's Reference for
Apollo's Alpha Release
Mike Chambers, Robert L. Dixon, Jeff Swartz
ISBN 10: 0-596-51391-7, 121 pages, $14.99 US, $19.99 CAN
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938; 1-707-827-7000
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