作者：Marco Casario
出版日期：December 22, 2008
出版社：Friends of Ed
页数：720
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1430215887 ISBN-13: 978-1430215882
文件格式：PDF


Product DescriptionEmbrace the Flash Platform and learn how to build desktop applications using the AIR SDK alongside Flash CS4.Understand and use the ActionScript 3.0 AIR APIs.Create applications that interact with any operating system to create, read, and write local files.Write applications that can run both online and offline, automatically checking for Internet connectivity.Build AIR applications that communicate with a local SQLite database.We all know what a great tool Flash is for creating dynamic,engaging web content, and Adobe’s latest CS4 release just makes it evenbetter. Among the great new features is the ability to take all thepower of Flash for the Web and put in on the desktop using AIR. AIRcapability is built right into the Flash CS4 IDE, which means you canstart writing desktop applications right away.
This book not only covers the essentials of using Flash with AIR(and AIR with Flash), but also shows you how to extend applicationfunctionality in new ways. once you’ve got Flash on the desktop, you’reno longer constrained by the limitations of running inside a webbrowser. You’ll have access to the local desktop file system, and AIRadds SQLite functionality for native database support. And just asFlash animations have a consistent look and feel across browsers, AIRallows you to create applications that work consistently acrossoperating systems—Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.
For any Flash developer who wants to go from the Web to the desktop(and who doesn’t?), this book is required reading. It not only tellsyou how to do it, but is full of practical, easy-to-follow examplesthat will have you building desktop AIR applications with Flash in notime. Expanding your existing Flash skills with the Essential Guide to Flash CS4 AIR Development will make you an even more potent and indispensable force on any development team!
About the Author
Marco is one of the most dynamic developers and consultants in the Adobe world.
He has been passionate about informatics since he was little morethan a child and used to program games in Basic for Commodore 64 beforededicating himself, while still very young, to innovative projects forthe web using Flash and Director (as far back as versions 3 and 5.)
In 2001, he began to collaborate with Macromedia Italia. Since thatyear he has produced and headed a long series of presentations,conferences and articles, which you can find listed in detail in hisblog entitled “hands on Adobe world” (casario.blogs.com,) which iscurrently receiving several thousands of unique visitors every day.
In 2005, Marco founded Comtaste (www.comtaste.com,) a companydedicated to exploring new frontiers in Rich Internet Applications andthe convergence between the web and the world of mobiledevices&emdash;MobyMobile (www.mobymobile.com) and YouThru(www.youthru.com) are representative of their recent work.
Another example of Marco’s achievements is that he is founder of thebiggest worldwide Flash Lite User Group(groups.yahoo.com/group/FlashLite/) and of www.augitaly.com, areference point for the Italian community of Adobe users, in which hecarries out the role of Channel Manager for the section dedicated toFlex (www.augitaly.com/flexgala.)
Marco is currently busy working on the development (in Flex) of avery ambitious project concerning bank counters at European level, andin various consulting and Flex and Flash Media Server trainingactivities for the realisation of Rich Internet Applications on behalfof buyers of the calibre of Capgemini, Engineering, IBM partners, andAdobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd