Getting started with Adobe AIR for Flash and ActionScript developers
Requirements
User level
Beginning
ActionScript 3 is an implementation of ECMAScript, which is very similar to JavaScript. ActionScript developers can build applications using either Adobe Flash Professional or Adobe Flash Builder. Flash Professional provides vector-based graphics rendering, along with native audio and video capabilities, and uses the ActionScript language to add interactivity to websites leveraging Flash Player. Flash Builder (formerly Flex Builder) is an Eclipse-based IDE with support for code debugging and profiling.
Follow these steps to start building your first ActionScript application on Adobe AIR:
- Download the Adobe AIR runtime. You need the runtime to launch AIR applications.
- Download and install your preferred development environment:
- Adobe Flash Builder (formerly Flex Builder)
- Adobe Flash Professional
- Flex SDK
Familiarize yourself with the core concepts of developing and deploying applications:
- Creating your first AIR application for iOS
- Creating your first AIR application for Android
- Creating your first desktop AIR application with Flash Builder
- Creating your first desktop AIR application using Flash Professional
- Creating your first desktop AIR application with the Flex SDK
- Distributing, installing, and running desktop AIR applications
- Getting started with the custom install badge
All:
Next steps
Learn more about
- Building Adobe AIR applications (Documentation)
- Building and deploying on AIR (Tutorials)
- ActionScript 3 and Flash Professional
- Flash Builder and Flex
Build on your basic AIR skills
- Quick Starts for Flash developers
- Quick Starts for Flex developers
- AIR sample applications for ActionScript developers
