Adobe AIR Bible (Bible (Wiley)) |  | Authors: Benjamin Gorton, Ryan Taylor, Jeff Yamada
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) lets you use scripting languages you already know and frees you from the dull parts of development—so you can focus on creating exciting and cost-saving application user interfaces using Flash, Flex, and JavaScript. Find all the tips, techniques, and best practices you need to succeed in this comprehensive reference, including installing AIR across Windows, Mac, or Linux; learning AIR programming, development, and debugging essentials; and much more.
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 Must have for Air programming. October 1, 2008
Corey Schuman (Atlanta, GA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been looking for a solid Air book, and the Bible series delivers once again. So far, i like the fact the book goes beyond the framework and gives incite into application development and best practices. An added bonus is the chapter on automation using ANT.
High on AIR November 4, 2009
Robert Reinhardt (Portland, OR USA)
This book was an invaluable reference for me while I was building my first AIR applications, like my Web Video Bitrate Starter app (see [...]). I've since learned how to build bigger and better AIR applications, like a large source file uploader for [...]. Thanks to Ryan, Ben, and Jeff for writing the definitive resource on the matter!
Excellent guide December 16, 2008
Ramon Villarreal Ramirez (Monterrey, Mexico)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Indispensable Book for building desktop applications because it shows you like to create your projects so easy and understandable.
Kindle? May 16, 2009
T. BOND (Columbia, MO)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Why is the Kindle version so expensive? It seems like you would want a paper copy for an intense usage like learning a new language, and for the better diagrams, etc. You'd accept the Kindle version for something you wanted to skim or you might be willing to keep an e-copy for less if it wasn't your main reference on the topic, or if it was a really good deal by e-book. Am I missing something? Maybe I just don't understand. Can someone who's tried the Kindle version pipe up about why it's better or why one would pay almost as much as for paper to get a Kindle version of this book. Someone who's actually bought the Kindle version and is using it? (Thanks)
 Problems with examples, Flex mainly... July 31, 2009
J. Schnier (California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all I know how difficult it is to write a book. Therefore, thanks to the authors for writing this book. It is a good intro to AIR and as pointed out in other reviews it educates to program using Design patterns. As stated in the book it is not for beginners, and one needs to be familiar with AS. However, it was not stated anywhere that the main focus of this book is Flex. Although I am familiar with Flex, I usually prefer Flash and expected good Flash examples. The only example in the book is a "Hello World" text Flash example. Sure, I can download/buy Flex 3 or the SDK but there should have been a balance of the examples with more Flash applications or how to convert the Flex to Flash examples. If the authors did not want to do that, it should have been stated that the examples are mainly for Flex 3.
Another problem of the book are some of the examples. Only very few examples are actually available in the downloadable source code. The SimpleTextEditor example turns into a nightmere. It just starts somewhere without explaining names and folders of the files. There are a number of mistakes in the files. I don't think it should be the user's task to do the author's job. On their companion website I did not find any corrections. I had the impression that this book was written to get published fast. Allover the book is useful but should get a makeover by adding up corrections and examples on the companion website.
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