Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex

Getting started

Follow these steps to start building your first Flex application on Adobe AIR:

Download the Adobe AIR runtime.

You need the runtime to launch AIR applications.
Download and install Adobe Flex Builder 3 or the Flex 3 SDK.

Flex Builder 3 is an Eclipse-based development environment that provides a rich set of tools to help speed app creation. The Flex 3 SDK enables you to build and debug Flex applications built on AIR.

Note: Be sure to read Developing Flex applications for AIR 1.1 to ensure you use the latest tools.
Familiarize yourself with the core concepts of developing applications for the desktop:
- Creating your first AIR application with Flex Builder 3
- Creating your first AIR application with the Flex 3 SDK

For more information or help, consult the following resources:

To learn about the most important or popular features of the Adobe AIR runtime, read the Quick Starts and download the AIR sample applications and source code for Flex.

For more inspiration, check out the AIR sample applications for Flash and HTML/Ajax, as well as the showcase applications.

To learn about the key ingredients for rich Internet applications (RIAs), visit the RIA project portal.

Building desktop applications with Flex: Using the file system
Learn how to access and work with the file system of the host computer.

For more training options, check out the complete outline and descriptions of this training course.