Lynda.com Adobe Air For Flex Developers With David Gassner Win/Mac

Posted by jsbrohi at Tuesday, November 09, 2010 | 0 comments

AIR for Flex Developers is David Gassner's follow-up to his AIR Essential Training course, and takes a deeper look at how Flex Builder 3 and the Flex 3 framework can be used to build cross-system desktop applications with Adobe AIR. David examines every point of integration with the host operating system, including working with the local file system, creating and maintaining local databases, and managing native windows and menus. He also shares tips for how to configure the development environment, and how to publish and update finished AIR applications. Example files accompany the course.
Table of contents:

»Introduction:-
»Welcome 00:46 [0.9 MB]
»Prerequisites 02:50 [3.4 MB]
»Installing WAMP on Windows 04:46 [5.6 MB]
»Installing MAMP on Mac OS X 04:30 [6.8 MB]
»Installing the sample database on MySQL 02:49 [3.7 MB]
»Using the example files 00:42 [0.9 MB]
»Setting up the example files on Mac OS X 05:17 [7.4 MB]
»Setting up the example files on Windows 05:17 [7.4 MB]

» 1. AIR and Flex: A Quick Review:-
»Creating a Flex project for AIR 03:30 [4.6 MB]
»Exporting an AIR installation package 05:14 [6.9 MB]
»Using the descriptor file 07:16 [10.6 MB]

»2. Using the Clipboard:-
»Understanding the Clipboard architecture 04:39 [5.6 MB]
»Copying data to the system Clipboard 05:15 [7.3 MB]
»Retrieving data from the system Clipboard 03:07 [4.4 MB]
»Transferring complex objects with the Clipboard 06:00 [8.6 MB]
»Transferring data collections with the Clipboard 07:51 [11.8 MB]
»Transferring images in the Clipboard 04:20 [5.9 MB]
»Deferred rendering 03:29 [ 4.9 MB]
»3. Creating Drag-and-Drop Interfaces:-
»Understanding drag-and-drop interfaces 03:44 [5.4 MB]
»Accepting native dropped data 05:38 [7.6 MB]
»Dragging and dropping file references 08:25 [11.7 MB]
»Initiating native drag-and-drop 07:15 [9.8 MB]

»4. Using the File System:-
»Understanding file system access in AIR 04:13 [5.1 MB]
»Using directory aliases and the File class 09:30 [12.6 MB]
»Comparing synchronous and asynchronous file operations 05:41 [7.7 MB]
»Browsing for files and directories 05:42 [7.8 MB]
»Working with Flex's file access visual controls 09:18 [12.6 MB]
»Creating and deleting directories 08:03 [10.4 MB]  
»Creating and manipulating files 11:01 [15.3 MB]
»Reading data from a text file 07:13 [9.8 MB]  
»Writing data to a text file 05:01 [6.8 MB]  
»Using temporary directories 09:07 [13.2 MB]
 
»5. Working with HTML Content :-
»Using the Flex HTML component to create a browser 07:42 [10.4 MB]
»Using script bridging with ActionScript and JavaScript 06:24 [8.6 MB]
»Understanding AIR security in JavaScript 05:46 [6.8 MB]

»6. Using Native Windows:-
»Defining and instantiating native windows 08:03 [10.8 MB]  
»Controlling native window appearance 07:08 [9.8 MB]
»Using transparent windows 04:10 [5.8 MB]
»Working in Full Screen mode 03:03 [4.2 MB]  
»Changing the order of multiple windows 04:41 [6.7 MB]
»Handling window events 04:34 [6.9 MB]
»Preventing default window behaviors 03:37 [4.8 MB]

» 7. Using Native Menus:-
»Creating native menus 06:21 [8.4 MB]
»Adding native menus to windows and applications 02:58 [4.0 MB]
»Using submenus and keyboard shortcuts 05:53 [8.4 MB]
»Using the FlexNativeMenu control 05:39 [7.7 MB]
»Using context menus 04:32 [6.3 MB]
»Displaying menus in the system tray or Dock 02:58 [4.6 MB]

»8. Monitoring Network Connections:-
»Understanding network monitoring 03:11 [3.8 MB]
»Using the URLMonitor 06:51 [9.6 MB]
»Setting the pollInterval property 02:54 [3.9 MB]
»Using the SocketMonitor 03:55 [5.5 MB]

»9. Using the Local Database :-
»Understanding the integrated SQLite database 03:30 [4.3 MB]
»Creating and connecting to a database 05:15 [7.0 MB]
»Using asynchronous database operations 03:57 [5.4 MB]
»Creating database tables 07:15 [9.6 MB]
»Inserting data 05:46 [8.0 MB]
»Retrieving and handling data 05:56 [9.3 MB]
»Using SQL statement parameters 07:08 [10.7 MB]
»Using transactions 04:59 [8.0 MB]
»Creating an occasionally connected application 08:55 [13.4 MB]

»10. Encrypting Local Data :-
»Understanding the EncryptedLocalStore class 02:48 [3.4 MB]
»Inserting data into the encrypted local store 02:40  [3.8 MB]
»Retrieving data from the encrypted local store 02:34 [3.4 MB]

»11. Invoking an AIR Application :-
»Using command-line arguments with AIR 09:42 [12.9 MB]
»Opening files with AIR 07:09 [9.6 MB]
»Using custom file types 04:58 [8.3 MB]

»12. Updating an AIR Application :-
»Setting application version numbers 06:02 [9.0 MB]
»Retrieving an installation package from a website 08:42 [12.1 MB]
»Comparing application version numbers 04:15 [6.1 MB]
»Performing an application update 05:40 [8.6 MB]

»13. Advanced Techniques :-
»Closing an application gracefully 04:45 [6.7 MB]
»Communicating between AIR applications 08:40 [12.1 MB]
»Conclusion
»Goodbye 00:40 [0.7 MB]