Introducing Adobe AIRAdobe® AIR® is a cross-operating system, multi-screen runtime that allows you to leverage your web development skills to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop and mobile devices. Desktop, television, and mobile AIR applications can be built with ActionScript 3.0 using Adobe® Flex and Adobe® Flash® (SWF based). Desktop AIR applications can also be built with HTML, JavaScript®, and Ajax (HTML based). For more information about the Adobe Flash Platform tools that you can use to build AIR applications, see Adobe Flash Platform tools for AIR development. You can find more information about getting started with and using Adobe AIR at the Adobe AIR Developer Connection (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/). AIR enables you to work in familiar environments, to leverage the tools and approaches you find most comfortable. By supporting Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, and Ajax, you can build the best possible experience that meets your needs. For example, applications can be developed using one or a combination of the following technologies:
As a result, AIR applications can be:
Users interact with AIR applications in the same way that they interact with native desktop applications. The runtime is installed once on the user's computer, and then AIR applications are installed and run just like any other desktop application. The runtime provides a consistent cross-operating system platform and framework for deploying applications and therefore eliminates cross-browser testing by ensuring consistent functionality and interactions across desktops. Instead of developing for a specific operating system, you target the runtime, which has the following benefits:
When developing applications for AIR, you can leverage a rich set of frameworks and APIs:
AIR dramatically changes how applications can be created, deployed, and experienced. You gain more creative control and can extend your Flash, Flex, HTML, and Ajax-based applications to the desktop, without learning traditional desktop development technologies. For information about what is included in each new AIR update, see the Adobe AIR Release Notes (http://www.adobe.com/go/learn_air_relnotes_en). |
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