作者：Mike Chambers, Daniel Dura, Kevin Hoyt
出版日期：July 3, 2007
出版社：O'Reilly
页数：174
ISBN：ISBN-10: 0596515197 ISBN-13: 978-0596515195
文件格式：PDF

Written by members of the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) productteam, this is the official guide to the beta release of Adobe’s newcross-platform desktop runtime, previously known by its code nameApollo. This book explains how you can use AIR to build and deploy HTMLand JavaScript-based web applications to the desktop, using all of thetools and technologies with which you are already familiar. Everythingyou need to know about this platform is right here, so you can startbuilding applications with AIR right away. Topics include: What AIR is,and the problems this runtime aims to solve How to set up yourdevelopment environment How to create your first app using HTML andJavaScript The HTML and JavaScript environments within AIR How to docommon tasks, presented in the easy-to-use O’Reilly Cookbook formatAlso included is a guide to AIR packages, classes and command linetools. Once you understand the basics of building an HTML- andJavaScript-based AIR applications, this pocket guide makes an idealreference for tackling specific problems. Welcome to the revolution!Adobe Developer Library is a co-publishing partnership between O’ReillyMedia and Adobe Systems, Inc. and is designed to produce the number oneinformation resources for developers who use Adobe technologies.Created in 2006, the Adobe Developer Library is the official source forcomprehensive learning solutions to help developers create expressiveand interactive web applications that can reach virtually anyone on anyplatform. With top-notch books and innovative online resources coveringthe latest in rich Internet application development, the AdobeDeveloper Library offers expert training and in-depth resources,straight from the source.
About the Author
Mike Chambers has spent the last 8 years building applications thattarget the Flash runtime. During that time, he has worked with numeroustechnologies including Flash, Generator, .NET, Central, Flex, and Ajax.He is currently the senior product manager for developer relations forApollo.
Currently based in San Francisco, California, Daniel Dura is aPlatform Evangelist at Adobe focusing on Apollo and Flash. Beforejoining Macromedia (which merged with Adobe in 2005) Daniel and hisbrother Josh founded Dura Media LLC, a Rich Internet Applicationdevelopment company based in Dallas, Texas. While at Adobe, he was amember of the Central and Flex teams, as well as a Product Manager forDeveloper Relations. Daniel has have given presentations on Flash,Apollo, and Flex all over the world at user group meetings,conferences, and pretty much anywhere someone is willing to listen.Outside of his day job he enjoys general aviation and is well on hisway to earning his Private Pilot license.
Kevin Hoyt is a Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. wholikes moving, breaking, blurring and jumping over the lines ofconventional technology. He seeks out every opportunity to congregatewith other like-minded developers, and exploring how to escape anylines that form a box. Pushing the envelope of what technology can do,and how people perceive and interact with it, is his passion.