Adobe AIR in Action
eBook - ePub

Adobe AIR in Action

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

Adobe AIR is one of the hottest topics in rich application development. This exciting new technology is still in beta, but it's already being adopted by such web giants as eBay. With AIR, Web developers use their existing skills to build rich applications that flow seamlessly between the internet and the desktop. Adobe AIR in Action introduces AIR to developers familiar with Flex and JavaScript, showing them how to build solid AIR-driven desktop and hybrid applications. Using small examples, the expert authors walk web developers through the new topics they will need to develop AIR applications for the desktop. Readers will learn the essential features of the AIR API with examples and code samples that web professionals can use to get up and running in AIR quickly. The book describes how to create and customize native windows, read and write files and folders on the local file system.Web developers who read this book will be able to take instant advantage of the increased resources available to desktop applications. Sometimes-connected, web-enabled applications are gaining in popularity, and web developers of all stripes will want to add these skills to their toolbox. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

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Yes, you can access Adobe AIR in Action by Ashley Atkins,Samuel Ahn,Joseph Lott,Kathryn Rotondo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Computer Science & Programming in JavaScript. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Brief Table of Contents
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. About this Book
  7. Chapter 1. Introducing Adobe AIR
  8. Chapter 2. Applications, windows, and menus
  9. Chapter 3. File system integration
  10. Chapter 4. Copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop
  11. Chapter 5. Using local databases
  12. Chapter 6. Network communication
  13. Chapter 7. HTML in AIR
  14. Chapter 8. Distributing and updating AIR applications
  15. Index
  16. List of Figures
  17. List of Tables
  18. List of Listings