AIR: Building Desktop Applications with AJAX Flex 3 AIR SDK Adobe® Dreamweaver® Adobe® Dreamweaver® Adobe Flash Player 9 CS4 6 3 Flash CS4 ACE Exam airajax Our AIR with AJAX class is for students who have created Web applications using AJAX technologies who now wish to create a hybrid desktop/online application or perhaps simply a desktop application that uses AJAX. Using Adobe Dreamweaver, students will create a Web application that is deployed on the desktop in the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) environment. Your application will include useful features like interacting with the users file system, retrieve data from an embedded database, create native and popup windows, and use the Operating Systems' clipboard. Students will learn how an AIR application works and what files are necessary to create an AIR application. Additional topics include securing your AIR application, communicating between applications as well as the installation process. Intel Pentium 4 or G4 1.25 GHz PowerPC or Intel-based Mac 1GB of RAM 300 MB of available hard-disk space Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista Home Premium or Mac OS X 10.4.7 or higher Internet Explorer/Mozilla/Opera The AIR SDK Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 Adobe AIR Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Flash Player 9 Adobe Dreamweaver Ability to build websites in Adobe Dreamweaver Some programming experiences is helpful (i.e.: JavaScript) Explain the different tools used for creating desktop applications with Adobe AIR Identifty the Adobe AIR features in Adobe Dreamweaver Understand the types of windows Open, resize and move a window Listen for window events Understand the use of the File class Use system dialogs wot select files and directories Create and delete directories Copy, move and delete files Read and write files on the file system Work with files synchronously and asynchronously Understand SQLLite databases Open and close connections to a database Use SQL to retreive data from a database Use events to work with a database Copy and paste data from the system clipboard Drag and drop data into and out of an application Use LocalConnection to communicate between AIR and SWF Monitor the network connection Describe the security sandbox Know the domain considerations Detect the capabilities of an application Update an AIR application programmatically Introducing the Course Introducing Mastery Learning Understanding the course format Reviewing the course prerequisites Reviewing the course outline Introducing Adobe Integrated Runtime Exploring the AIR development toolset Reviewing the Adobe AIR tools for Dreamweaver Getting Started with AIR Creating your first AIR application Using Dreamweaver to create AIR Applications Packaging and deploying applications Understanding the contents of the .air file Learning AIR Fundamentals Getting help and other resources Creating Native Windows Exploring the types of windows Using the NativeWindow Class Manipulating Windows Using window events Using the File System Using the File class Interacting with the file system Using File Streams Working with files asynchronously Persisting Application Data Using an embedded SQL database Using SQL Statements Working with datatypes Using the clipboard Moving data with copy and paste Using drag and drop Connecting Applications Communicating between applications Detecting network availability Connecting to web applications using URLRequest Understanding AIR security Considering AIR security Understanding AIR application updates Customizing Application Deployment Setting the application's desktop icon Setting system tray icon creating a seamless installer Adobe Flex Builder 3.0 Professional