Preface | xiAudience for This Book
We hope this book is for you, but just to be sure, let’s dis-
cuss some of the assumptions that we made, as well as what
type of developers the book targets.
What Does This Book Assume?
The book assumes that the reader has at least a basic famil-
iarity with creating HTML based web applications and con-
tent using HTML and JavaScript.
You should be familiar with web technologies such as
HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, and CSS, as well as general web
development concepts.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for developers interested in leveraging HTML
and JavaScript to build and deploy applications to the desk-
top via the Adobe AIR. If you don’t have any experience with
developing with HTML and JavaScript, then we suggest that
you spend some time getting up to speed on these
technologies.
Who This Book Is Not For
While it is possible to create Flash and Flex-based applica-
tions with Beta 1 of AIR, this book does not go into any
detail on Flash and Flex-focused AIR application develop-
ment. If you are a Flash or Flex developer interested in build-
ing AIR applications, then this book can provide a good
introduction and overview of AIR and its functionality, but
you should view the AIR documentation and articles avail-
able from the AIR web site for a more Flash/Flex-focused dis-
cussion. You may also want to check out theAdobe Apollo
for Flex Developers Pocket Guide, published by O’Reilly,
which gives a Flex-focused overview of AIR.