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Juan Sanchez
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Benefits of prototyping
- Creating a roadmap for
the application - Structuring the Fireworks project
- Designing and building the prototype
- Adding interactions and
AIR mouse events - Previewing the AIR
application prototype - Exporting the AIR package
Prototyping AIR applications with Fireworks
Prototyping is a great way to get feedback on concepts early in the pre-development stage of a project without investing a tremendous amount of time. Although the complexity of prototypes may vary, Fireworks CS4 allows you to create prototypes for desktop applications from the designs you create.
This article provides step-by-step instructions to turn a concept into a design, add interactions and export the prototype to a packaged AIR application using the new features available in Fireworks CS4.
Requirements
In order to make the most of this article, you'll need the following software and files:
Fireworks CS4
Adobe AIR 1.5 Update for Fireworks CS4
Sample files:
- prototype_air_fw.zip (ZIP, 3 MB)
Prerequisite knowledge
Basic experience working with Fireworks is recommended.
About the author
Juan Sanchez is an experience architect for EffectiveUI, an award-winning provider of rich Internet applications and breakthrough interactive experiences. Juan manages ScaleNine.com, a website dedicated to compiling skins and themes for Adobe Flex. He is a regular speaker at user groups, corporate workshops, and conferences, including Adobe MAX, 360|Flex, and WebManiacs. He is also a founding member of Degrafa, a declarative graphics framework for Flex, and recently coauthored Creating Visual Experiences in Flex 3.0 (InformIT). Most of all, Juan enjoys the challenges of bringing together new and consistent user experiences across technologies and devices.
