Wiley Adobe AIR: Create - Modify - Reuse 978-0-470-18207-9 Benutzerhandbuch
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The Development
Environment
A reliable development environment will save you loads of time when you are ready to debug and
deploy your applications. This chapter explains how to install and use command-line tools in build-
ing an AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) application. This chapter follows a slightly different format
than the following chapters, as it introduces the development process in building applications in
AIR, and provides an overview of common tools.
deploy your applications. This chapter explains how to install and use command-line tools in build-
ing an AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) application. This chapter follows a slightly different format
than the following chapters, as it introduces the development process in building applications in
AIR, and provides an overview of common tools.
The following section, ‘‘SDK Installation,’’ explains where to download and how to install the Flex
3 SDK, which includes all required tools and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to build
Flex and AIR applications. This section covers the basics of the development environment and
provides a brief overview of the command-line tools that are used throughout the book to deploy
AIR applications.
3 SDK, which includes all required tools and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) to build
Flex and AIR applications. This section covers the basics of the development environment and
provides a brief overview of the command-line tools that are used throughout the book to deploy
AIR applications.
The section ‘‘Building Your First Application’’ walks you through the process of building your first
AIR application, focusing on how to use the command-line tools to deploy, debug, and package
your application for installation.
AIR application, focusing on how to use the command-line tools to deploy, debug, and package
your application for installation.
The section ‘‘Installing and Uninstalling’’ explores the installation process of an AIR application
and the storage of application files on a user’s machine.
and the storage of application files on a user’s machine.
The final section, ‘‘Extra Tools,’’ addresses two additional ways for developers to ease the develop-
ment process: an Apache Ant build scheme to help automate the build process and a simple debug
panel to receive basic trace statements from AIR applications.
ment process: an Apache Ant build scheme to help automate the build process and a simple debug
panel to receive basic trace statements from AIR applications.
SDK Installation
Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime that runs desktop applications compiled under the AIR
framework. By containing two primary web technologies, Flash and HTML, Adobe AIR enables
developers to deliver the same Rich Internet Application (RIA) experience to the desktop. It is
framework. By containing two primary web technologies, Flash and HTML, Adobe AIR enables
developers to deliver the same Rich Internet Application (RIA) experience to the desktop. It is
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