Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Reference

Preface | xix opportunity to congregate with other like-minded develop- ers, and explore ways to escape any lines that form a bo ...

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1 CHAPTER 1CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is a cross-platform d ...

2 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Early web applications were built primarily with HTML and Java ...

A Short History of Web Applications | 3 Provide powerful and extensible object models for inter- activity. Enable rapid applica ...

4 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Problems with Delivering Applications via the Browser As web a ...

Problems with Delivering Applications via the Browser | 5 Distance from the Desktop Due in part to the web security model (which ...

6 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) While JavaScript frameworks are a popular way to help address ...

Primary AIR Technologies | 7 It is important to step back for a second and point out what Adobe AIR is not. Adobe AIR is not a g ...

8 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) • XHTML Document Object Model (DOM) Yes, you read that right ...

Primary AIR Technologies | 9 Not only are all of the existing Flash Player APIs available within Adobe AIR, but some of those AP ...

10 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) PDF functionality requires that Adobe Reader version 8.1. be ...

Primary AIR Technologies | 11 Technology Integration and Script Bridging Because WebKit and the Flash Player are both included w ...

12 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) This low-level integration also applies to the script engines ...

Primary AIR Technologies | 13 desktop, it would not be quite as compelling. Fortunately, Adobe AIR provides a rich set of progra ...

14 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Adobe AIR Desktop Integration As discussed earlier, applicati ...

Primary AIR Technologies | 15 Security All of this talk of APIs and desktop functionality brings up an important question: what ...

16 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Some web developers have also stretched the browser secu- rit ...

Primary AIR Technologies | 17 This also means that users should not install Adobe AIR applications from sources they do not trus ...

18 | Chapter 1: Introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) Because Adobe AIR applications are built with existing web te ...