Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
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Description
Written by members of the Adobe Integrated
Runtime (AIR) product team, this is the official guide to the beta release of
Adobe's new cross-platform desktop runtime, previously known by its code name
Apollo.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.Topics include:
What AIR is, and the problems this runtime aims to solve
How to set up your development environment
How to create your first app using HTML and JavaScript
The HTML and JavaScript environments within AIR
How to do common tasks, presented in the easy-to-use O'Reilly Cookbook
format Also included is a guide to AIR packages, classes and command
line tools. Once you understand the basics of building an HTML- and
JavaScript-based AIR applications, this pocket guide makes an ideal reference
for tackling specific problems. Welcome to the revolution!Adobe
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
A Short History of Web Applications
Problems with Delivering Applications via the
Browser Introducing the Adobe Integrated
Runtime Primary AIR Technologies
Chapter 2:. Getting Started with AIR Development
What Do You Need to Develop AIR Applications?
Uninstalling Pre-Beta Versions of Adobe AIR
Installing Adobe AIR
Uninstalling Adobe AIR Beta Setting
Up the AIR SDK andCommand-Line Tools
Creating a Simple AIR Application with HTML and JavaScript
Testing the Application
Packaging and Deploying the AIR Application
Working with JavaScript and HTML Within AIR
WebKit Within the Adobe Integrated Runtime
JavaScript Within AIR AIR
Implementation of Functionality Accessing
AIR APIs from JavaScript
Chapter 4:. AIR Mini-Cookbook Application
Chrome Windowing
File API File Pickers
Service and Server Monitoring
Online/Offline Drag and
Drop Embedded Database
Command-Line Arguments
Networking Sound
AIR Command-Line Tools
Appendix B:. AIR JavaScript Aliases
Index