The Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook is out.
In addition to AIR 1.5 being released today, the Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook is also being released. This book will be an essential resource for anyone doing AIR development - as it also includes the new AIR 1.5 features. This book is an excellent resource for beginners and advanced AIR developers alike. If you have never touched AIR, this book can certainly get you started. In addition, we cover all development angles on this: Flash, Flex, and HTML / JavaScript.
Several great developers put a lot of hard work into this one. It was an honor to get to lead up a team that included Marco Casario, Koen De Weggheleire, and Rich Tretola.
If you are really interested in AIR 1.5 - this book will help you out. It covers such topics as working with the encrypted local database, pixel bender filters, some of the new Flash Player 10 features - as well as how to target AIR 1.5 in your application. In addition, the book does a great job covering all of the other AIR API’s such as:
- The embedded SQLite database
- File system support
- Network monitoring support
- Adobe AIR Update Framework (that is included in the AIR 1.5 SDK)
- HTML Support
- and much more…
Sample chapter (Adobe): http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/articles/air1.5_cookbook.html
Read online (Safari Books Online): http://safari.oreilly.com/9780596156145
About the author: David is a software engineer with Universal Mind where he focuses on Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR development. David is an avid blogger and can be found at both InsideRIA.com as well as DavidTucker.net. When he isn’t staring at a computer screen he loves to play guitar and experiment with audio recording.
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