Adobe Air for Flash CS4 Developers

Overview/Description
Adobe AIR is an application deployment extension used to make applications traditionally destined for the web available as browserless applications. This course explores the basics of AIR deployment for Flash CS4 developers including such topics as creating AIR files, creating AIR application and installer files, customizing AIR application publish settings within Flash CS4, and previewing and debugging AIR files. The course also covers using digital signatures to secure AIR applications, and customizing descriptor files.

Target Audience
The target audience is expected to be existing Adobe Flash developers who want to deploy applications directly to the desktop outside of browsers. Proficiency with web and desktop application development concepts, as well as Flash skills, is assumed.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Adobe Air for Flash CS4 Developers

create an AIR file

configure publishing settings for an AIR file

sign an AIR application

customize an AIR Application descriptor file

preview an AIR application

test an AIR application in a given scenario

create an AIR application file in a given scenario

configure settings and descriptor file for an AIR application in a given scenario

preview and test the application