Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
June 12th, 2007 Posted in Software Dev., Tech Corner
Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system runtime being developed by Adobe that allows developers to leverage their existing web development skills (Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax) to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop.
Adobe has released Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) beta for the developers to build web applications which can operate like desktop programs. Adobe AIR, originally code-named Apollo, allows the developers to build applications either online and offline which can run on different computing platforms such as Windows, Linux and Macs.
Adobe AIR brings an offline components to Web applications, and developers can work offline with the data synchronization functions provided. In fact, AIR applications can work without using a browser. The developers can start building desktop-based Web Applications by using web development skills like HTML, CSS, Ajax, Flash, and Flex.
Microsoft Silverlight and Google Gears are quite similar to AIR but servers a slightly different purposes. Microsoft Silverlight also promises to create a framework that blends desktop applications with Internet applications. Google Gears is a beta open source technology for creating offline web applications.
In fact, eBay would be the early adopter of AIR as announced in the eBay Developer Conference. The company is expected to demonstrate the desktop application for accessing eBay services, code-named San Dimas project. This software was built using AIR platform which can operate like traditional desktop programs.
Other than the beta version of Adobe’s AIR, several updated tools and resources were released to create the applications.
- Adobe AIR
- Adobe AIR SDK
- Adobe Flex Builder 3 beta
- Adobe Flex SDK 3 beta
- Adobe AIR sample applications
- Adobe AIR documentation
- Articles, resources, tutorials, and videos
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