Product DescriptionApollo Instant Results guides readers through building Rich Internet Applications with Adobe's new Apollo platform via 12 fully implemented Apollo applications. Each project begins with a discussion of architecture and design, followed by code implementation and thorough explanation. Projects build upon APIs and concepts presented in the previous projects and provide readers with practical hands-on knowledge of Apollo application design and development. Applications with source code include:
RSS Reader
Music Player
Image Gallery and Editor
Calendar and Scheduling Manager
Weblog Editor
plus 7 more! Complete source code included on CD ROM.
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Rating: - extended case studies
The attraction of this book is the collection of 11 extended examples. Each is a case study in how to use AIR to code desktop applications. There is a slight irony here in the trajectory taken by Adobe. Its original products, and probably still its main revenue sources, were for desktop usages. Think Postscript and PDF. But the rise of the Web caused it to develop Flash for web applications. Now here, we come back to the desktop.
The book's examples involve Java as the programming language. ... Read More
Rating: - Truly an Amazing Book
This is truly an amazing book. Seldom are books (like this one) written which provide applicable programs that I can use to create more advanced applications on. This is a must buy for the serious Adobe Air programmer. I just completed an application based on the code in this book. Check it out on Youtube and Google Code at
Adobe Air Collada-Papervision3D Viewer
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Many Many Many Thanks to the authors!!! I plan to write many more applications based on the code in ... Read More
Rating: - Be Prepared to Absorb Massive Info, or Your Head Will Explode
Adobe AIR investigates 11 practical application from start to finish. Music players, video players, slideshows, Mini CMS (whoo hoo!) are some of the apps.
This book is NOT ideal for beginners, and intermediate developers might miss some of the jewels. The authors basically dump TONS of excellent OOP code on you and only point out the AIR specific bits. For example, the authors will extend classes, call public variables instantiated in super-classes, and override custom abstract methods and not ... Read More
- extended case studies
- Truly an Amazing Book
