AIR: Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3

This course is designed to equip experienced Adobe� Flex™ developers with the skills needed to begin developing robust desktop applications using Adobe AIR™.

Prerequisite

Flex 3: Developing Rich Client Applications course, or equivalent experience developing Flex applications

Next steps

All Flex courses

Course outline

Introducing the course Introducing Mastery Learning Understanding the course format Reviewing the course prerequisites

Reviewing the course outline

Introducing Adobe AIR

Exploring the Adobe AIR development toolset Understanding the runtime application Understanding the Adobe AIR SDK Looking at Adobe Flex Builder™ 3 Reviewing the Adobe AIR tools for Flex Builder 3 Creating Adobe AIR projects Exporting Adobe AIR applications Walkthrough: Review the course application Getting started with Adobe AIR Creating your first Adobe AIR application Creating an Adobe AIR project Creating a main application Compiling an Adobe AIR application Running an Adobe AIR application Walkthrough: Create an Adobe AIR application Packaging and deploying applications Exporting an application Code-signing an application Selecting application content Installing an application Walkthrough: Export and install application Learning Adobe AIR fundamentals Understanding the application container Exploring the Adobe AIR file format Understanding the application descriptor Understanding the application display attributes Walkthrough: Examine the Adobe AIR package and change its descriptor Getting help and other resources Creating native windows Creating a window Using the Window class Adding content to a window Walkthrough: Create, open, and close a native window Modifying the window display Changing the window type Changing the window chrome Setting window transparency Going full screen Walkthrough: Control chrome, transparency, and full screen Manipulating windows Getting an instance of the window Resizing a window Moving a window Walkthrough: Maximize, minimize, restore, and move a window Using window events Identifying the window events Walkthrough: Control window behavior through event listeners Using the file system Using the File class Using the File class Creating directories Walkthrough: Creating directories and files Moving and copying file system objects Deleting file system objects Walkthrough: Copy, move, and delete file objects Using the Flex 3 Adobe AIR components Reviewing the component types Walkthrough: Use file browsing and display components Using file streams Creating directories Reading and writing files Walkthrough: Read and write to a text file Working with file formats Using binary and encoded characters Walkthrough: Read, modify, and write a binary file to the desktop Connecting applications Communicating between applications Using LocalConnection Walkthrough: Connect to another Adobe AIR application Communicating with the browser Using the URLRequest class Walkthrough: Interact with a remote service via URL Using HTML content Loading HTML content Walkthrough: Load HTML into an Adobe AIR application Getting occasionally connected Monitoring services Detecting HTTP connectivity Detecting Socket connectivity Walkthrough: Add network detection LAB Day 1 (optional): Building an AIR application, part one   Using the clipboard Moving data with copy and paste Using the clipboard Getting data from the clipboard Writing data to the clipboard Walkthrough: Moving data with copy and paste Using drag and drop Exploring the drag-and-drop stages Dragging with the clipboard Walkthrough: Drag an image into the application Persisting application data Using embedded SQL databases Understanding the database file Opening a database Creating a database Walkthrough: Create a new database Using SQL statements Managing the database Managing the data Using best practices with embedded databases Walkthrough: Update database and records Working with data types Using Date data Using XML data Using BLOB data Walkthrough: Use date/time and BLOB data Understanding Adobe AIR security Considering Adobe AIR security Learning about security sandboxes Understanding the domain considerations Detecting Adobe AIR capabilities Understanding the security best practices Walkthrough: Add capability detection Using Encrypted Local Storage Walkthrough: Using encrypted local storage Understanding AIR application updating Using the Updater class Determining current version at runtime Walkthrough: Preventing downgrade attacks while updating an AIR application Customizing application deployment Setting the application's desktop icon Using application icons Walkthrough: Add icon to application Setting system tray notifications Using the shell Walkthrough: Add a system tray icon Customizing application chrome Understanding application chrome Walkthrough: Change application chrome LAB Day 2 (optional): Building an AIR application, part two