Beginning Adobe AIR: Building Applications for the Adobe Integrated Runtime - Couverture souple

Tretola, Rich

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470229047 ISBN 13 : 9780470229040

Editeur : Wrox Pr Inc, 2008

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Beginning Adobe AIR

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.

Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Biographie de l'auteur

Rich Tretola is the Rich Applications Technical Lead at Herff Jones, Inc. He is an award–winning Flex developer and was the lead author of Professional Flex 2 (ISBN 978–0–470–10267–1) from Wrox. He entered the field of Web development in the late 1990s and has been building applications ever since.
Other than Flex, he builds applications using ColdFusion, Flash, and Java (where he is a Sun–certified programmer). Rich is highly regarded within the Flex community as an expert in RIA and is also an Adobe Community Expert. He runs a popular Flex and AIR blog at http://blog.everythingFlex.com, and is the community manager for http://www.InsideRIA.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wrox Pr Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470229047
• ISBN 13: 9780470229040
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 319
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible