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Copyright 2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. Adobe confidential. 1

Flex - AIR Boot Camp

2009Duane Nickull, James Ward

Sr. Technology Evangelists

Adobe Systems


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Agenda

An overview of AIR & Flex

Architecture

Runtime Architecture

Development environment

Whats new in AIR 2.0, Flash Builder 4 and Flex4? Coding!

Note: While AIR 2.0 almost ready, please note that 1.5 is still

recommended for production as of Oct 4, 2009. This will change soplease consider when you read this. This course will use 1.5.2.


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Whats new in AIR 2.0

A new version of WebKit is included in the latest builds comparable to

the version included in the Safari 4 beta. Includes a new JavaScript engine ("SquirrelFish Extreme").

Preliminary results show that the updated JavaScript engine is running twic e as fast

in some tests. http://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.html

Open a file with the default application

Mass storage device detection

New and enhanced networking classes (DatagramSocket,

InterfaceAddress, NetworkInterface, NetworkInfo, NetworkInterface,

ServerSocket and more)

Preliminary screen reader support for Flash-based applications

Mac vector printing support

And an upcomingbrand new AIR Boot Camp!
http://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.htmlhttp://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.htmlhttp://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.htmlhttp://www2.webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider.html


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The Adobe AIR runtime lets developers use proven web

technologies to build rich Internet applications that runoutside the browser on multiple operating systems.

What is AIR?


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A quick overview of AIR

AIR runtime runs on Linux, Mac and Windows

AIR applications distributed (*.air)

Installs as native app on OS (*.exe, *.app, etc)

Custom Chrome (Chromeless too)

Rich Component Library Declarative and Scripting programming models

Can be built using text tools and free AIR SDK. FREE!

Current version 2.0

Fast adoption!

Easy to program AIR apps.


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How Flex Works on the Desktop (Adobe Integrated Runtime)

Compile & Package

SOAP HTTP/S AMF/S RTMP/S

Web Server

Desktop

AIR Client Runtime

Files SQLite Notifications ClipboardFlash Builder IDE

Flex SDK

Halo and Spark

Flex Class Libraries

MXML ActionScript

Existing Applications & Infrastructure

J2EE App Servers

Data ServicesXML/HTTP

RESTSOAP Web Services


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Applications can be built using the following technologies

Flash / Flex IDEs (ActionScript + MXML)

HTML / JavaScript / CSS / AJAX (can build with CS4) Combination of these technologies

PDF can be leveraged with any application

How AIR Applications get Composed?

Flash

HTMLActionScriptXML

Video

AudioPDF

HTML

FlashJavaScript

CSS

XML PDF

AIR Runtime/APIs

Mac, Windows, Linux


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Compiled Executable vs. Script vs. Declarative

Declaring new objects:

Typical Compiled Language:

TypeOfObject myObject = new ObjectFactory.createObject();

Typical Script Language:

var myObject:TypeOfObject = null;

Declarative Language:

All map to underlyingAPIs and Objects


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Declaring object properties:

Typical Compiled Language:

myObject.setColor(#FF44C8);


myObject.setColor(#FF44C8);



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Handling Events:

Typical Compiled Language:try {

MyObject.registerEventHandler(MOUSE_CLICKED_HANDLER,

com.adobe.livecycle.PostEventHandler");} catch(SDKException e) {

if(e.getErrorCode() != e.E_EVENT_HANDLER_NOT_RECOGNIZED)throw(e);

}

// then write your actual event handler


myObject.onMouseOver(CallSomeFunction());



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ActionScript

Scripting language based on ECMAScript

ActionScript class library

Layout

Effects, skins, etc. Networking and data

Object Oriented

Strongly Typed If you know Javascript, ActionScript will be easy.


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ActionScript 3

Both compile-time and runtime type checking

Improved performance from a class-based inheritance system separate

from the prototype-based inheritance system.

Support for packages, namespaces, and regular expressions.

Compiles to an entirely new type of bytecode, incompatible with AS1,

AS2.

Revised Flash Player API, organized into packages.

Unified event handling system based on the DOM event handling

standard.

Integration of ECMAScript for XML (E4X) for purposes of XML

processing.

Direct access to the Flash runtime display list for complete control of

what gets displayed at runtime.

Completely conforming implementation of the ECMAScript Fourth

Edition Draft specification.


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No moremarketing BS -

lets start

coding!!!


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Code Projects

PROJECT 1: AN ADVANCED HELLO WORLD

PROJECT 2: CHROME-LESS APPLICATIONS:

PROJECT 3: VIDEO CAPTURE

PROJECT 4: VIDEO AND FULL SCREEN (BFS)

PROJECT 5: WORKING WITH PDF

PROJECT 6: HTML

PROJECT 7: READING AND WRITING TO LOCAL DISK

PROJECT 8: WORKING WITH XML

PROJECT 9: REST

PROJECT 10: AIR 3D

PROJECT 11: SQLITE

PROJECT 12: WEB SERVICE INTROSPECTION AND CONSUMPTION

PROJECT 13: EXPORTING, SIGNING, DISTRIBUTING AND INSTALLING AIR

APPLICATION

PROJECT 14: SCRIBBLER APPLICATION

PROJECT 16: WINDOWING APIS


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Can be initiated using Inline Install

badge or by double-clicking on an

.air file

A runtime-managed installation

dialog is always presented

Nothing is actually installed until

the user walks through the entireinstallation process

Applications must be signed by

either a chained cert to an

approved CA (Verisign or

Thawte), or a self-signed cert

Self-signed applications are

(should be) treated effectively as

unsigned during the install to the

user

Installation


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File -> Export -> Release Build


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Create new Certificate


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Pick your cert and sign


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The End

Thank you!

Courses:

http://web2open.org/courses.html

Duane Blog:http://technoracle.blogspot.comhttp://www.duanesworldtv.com

James Blog:

http://www.jamesward.com/wordpress/


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