Adobe Air Training

This course will enable experienced programmers to build desktop applications with AJAX using Adobe’s AIR application. Objectives include developing applications using AJAX, customized application deployment and understanding AIR security. To gain the most from this course, you should have experience using HTML and JavaScript to develop web applications which include the following features: HTML layout; user interface, container, and navigation components; JavaScript event handling; and in-line and scripted even handling.

 Course Outline

Lesson 1: Introducing Adobe Integrated Runtime
Topic 1A: Exploring the AIR Development Toolset
Topic 1B: Reviewing the Adobe AIR Tools for Dreamweaver
Topic 1C: Walkthrough 1: Review the Course Application

Lesson 2: Getting Started with AIR
Topic 2A: Creating your first AIR application
Topic 2B: Walkthrough 1: Create an AIR application
Topic 2C: Using Dreamweaver to create AIR applications
Topic 2D: Walkthrough 2: Create an AIR application with Dreamweaver
Topic 2E: Packaging and deploying applications
Topic 2F: Walkthrough 3: Export and install application
Topic 2G: Understanding the contents of the .air file
Topic 2H: Walkthrough 4: Examine the AIR package
Topic 2I: Learning AIR Fundamentals
Topic 2J: Walkthrough 5: Create an AIR application with Javascript
Topic 2K: Getting Help and Other Resources

Lesson 3: Creating Native Widows
Topic 3A: Exploring the types of windows
Topic 3B: Walkthrough 1: Using window.open()
Topic 3C: Using the NativeWindow Class
Topic 3D: Walkthrough 2: Create a NativeWindow Object
Topic 3E: Manipulating Windows
Topic 3F: Walkthrough 3: Resize and move a window
Topic 3G: Using window events
Topic 3H: Walkthrough 4: Listen for window events

Lesson 4: Using the File System
Topic 4A: Using the File class
Topic 4B: Walkthrough 1: Browsing the file system with the File class
Topic 4C: Interacting with the file system
Topic 4D: Walkthrough 2: Copy, move and delete file objects
Topic 4E: Using File Streams
Topic 4F: Walkthrough 3: Using File Streams
Topic 4G: Working with files asynchronously
Topic 4H: Walkthrough 4: Read a file Asychronously

Lesson 5: Lab: Building the AIR Application
Topic 5A: Setup the Lab Application
Topic 5B: Create Image Selection Form
Topic 5C: Selecting the files to display
Topic 5D: Communicating Between Windows

Lesson 6: Persisting Application Data
Topic 6A: Using an embedded SQL database
Topic 6B: Walkthrough 1: Create a new database
Topic 6C: Using SQL Statements
Topic 6D: Walkthrough 2: Update database and records
Topic 6E: Working with datatypes
Topic 6F: Walkthrough 3: Using the date/time data

Lesson 7: Using the clipboard
Topic 7A: Moving data with copy and paste
Topic 7B: Walkthrough 1: Moving data to and from the system clipboard
Topic 7C: Using drag and drop
Topic 7D: Walkthrough 2: Drag images from the operating system into the application

Lesson 8: Connecting Applications
Topic 8A: Communicating between applications
Topic 8B: Walkthrough 1: Connecting to another SWF
Topic 8C: Detecting network availability
Topic 8D: Walkthrough 2: Using Network Detection
Topic 8E: Connecting to web applications using URL
Topic 8F: Walkthrough 3: Using the URLRequest Object

Lesson 9: Understanding AIR Security
Topic 9A: Considering AIR security
Topic 9B: Walkthrough 1: Create a Security Sandbox
Topic 9C: Understanding AIR application updates
Topic 9D: Walkthrough 2: Updating an AIR application
Lesson 10: Customizing Application Deployment
Topic 10A: Setting the application’s desktop icon
Topic 10B: Walkthrough 1: Add icon to application
Topic 10C: Setting system tray icon
Topic 10D: Walkthrough 2: Adding a system tray icon
Topic 10E: Creating a seamless installer

Lesson 11: Lab: Building the AIR Application
Topic 11A: Implement Application Security
Topic 11B: Setup Data Persistence
Topic 11C: Customize the Application Icons
Topic 11D: Adding Drag and Drop Functionality
Topic 11E: Add network detection