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CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2
Getting Started with AIR
Development
This chapter discusses how to get started developing applica-
tions for the Adobe Integrated Runtime using HTML and
JavaScript. It covers:
- Installing Adobe AIR
- Configuring the Adobe AIR SDK and command-line tools
- Creating your first AIR application
- Testing AIR applications
- Packaging and deploying AIR applications
Once you have completed this chapter, your environment for
developing AIR applications should be correctly configured,
and you should have an solid understanding of how to begin
to build, test, and deploy AIR applications.
What Do You Need to Develop AIR
Applications?
There are a number of required items needed in order to
begin developing AIR applications.
Adobe Integrated Runtime Beta
The AIR Beta is required to test application icons, as well as
deployment of AIR applications. The Beta runtime can be
downloaded for free from:
http://www.adobe.com/go/air