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Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex

NASDAQ Market Replay

Watch how NASDAQ leverages Flex and AIR to deliver a great desktop application for investors and brokers.

Building AIR app using Flex Builder

Let Tom Lane, Sr. Computer Scientist at Adobe, show you how easy it is to create AIR applications using Flex Builder 3.


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Get started with Adobe AIR

Take your rich Intenet experiences to the desktop. Start building Flex applications on AIR—it's easier than you may think.

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Adobe technology platform ActionScript reference for RIA development

Use this guide both as an API reference and a tool to learn about the ActionScript APIs available within Adobe AIR, Flash Player, and the Flex framework.

Featured tutorials and articles

Mihai Corlan

AIR cookbook post: Updating an AIR application with the Update Framework


Learn how to seamlessly update clients using the Update Framework.

Christian Cantrell

Building multilingual Flex applications on Adobe AIR


Explore the new localization functionality in Adobe AIR 1.1 and understand the process of localizing a Flex app built on AIR.

Karl Matthews

Building an XML viewer on AIR with Flex


Easily create an XML document viewer in less than 300 lines of code.

Daniel Rinehart

User experience considerations with SQLite operations


Understand how to use local database connection modes to produce rich user experiences.

Todd Prekaski

Digitally signing Adobe AIR applications


Learn how to sign your AIR applications built in Dreamweaver CS3, Flex, or Flash CS3 Professional.

Steven Heintz on Thermo

Thermo

Find out what Thermo is all about in this in-depth interview with the product manager.

Read the RIA Buzz

The RIA Buzz

Stay current with the latest news for Adobe Flex, Adobe AIR and more from the world of richer apps.

Adobe AIR Marketplace

Adobe AIR Marketplace

Post your Adobe AIR app to the new Adobe AIR Marketplace for potential customers to download.

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Overview

Introducing the Adobe AIR security model

Learn more about the rationale behind the AIR security model and what to consider when building AIR apps.

Introducing Adobe AIR for Flex developers

Find out what Adobe AIR has in store for Flex developers interested in building rich applications on the desktop.

Adobe AIR and the experience brand

Understand how you can use Adobe AIR to bring distinct brand experiences to the desktop.

Introducing Adobe AIR

Get an overview of what you can expect from the first official release of the AIR runtime.

Building the Analytics Reporting Suite for Google Analytics: A case study

Find out what it took to bring Google Analytics to the deskptop in this case study.

Building eBay Desktop on Adobe AIR

Get suggestions and tips about building Adobe AIR RIAs from the developers who created the eBay Desktop app.

Building and deploying apps

Building Flex and AIR apps from the same code base

Create a single code base from which to output web and AIR apps from your Flex Builder workspace.

Deploying AIR apps seamlessly with badge install

Explore the options you have to make installing your Adobe AIR apps easier for users.

Managing AIR updates with ColdFusion 8

Develop a management system for your application updates that will work in Flash, Flex, or HTML/JavaScript apps built on AIR.

Creating your first IM app using Flash Media Server and WebORB.NET on AIR

Stream audio and video in your own IM chat application using this sample project.

Building a standalone AIR app on salesforce.com with Flex 3

Build a simple AIR application that uses the Apex platform to access the salesforce.com infrastructure.



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