Working with SQL databases – A SQLite Example for Adobe AIR

Adobe AIR includes the capability of creating and working with local SQL databases. Many stand SQL features are supported in the runtime, open source SQLite system can be used for storing local, persistent data.

The flollowing is a simplistic example that create a sqlite database, add, get, update and remove records from the “user” table.

Read more

Adobe announces AIR 1.0 Download

Adobe today announces AIR 1.0. In their words, here are how it’s important for Developers and for How it’s good for business.

For Developers:

The Adobe® AIR™ runtime lets developers use proven web technologies to build rich Internet applications that deploy to the desktop and run across operating systems. It’s for all developers like AJAX, Adobe Flex Developers and Adobe Flash Developers.

Read more

Building desktop applications by Using Flex file system

Adobe Flex 3 is a cross-platform development framework for creating rich Internet applications (RIAs).Flex enables you to create expressive, high-performance applications that run identically on all major browsers and operating systems.But Flex NOT only for web applications,we can build desktop applications using flex file system.

Read more

The hell of Adobe Open Screen is Apple?

I am really excited about the announcement of the new Open Screen project from Adobe, but again there is no sign of Apple.
The Open Screen Project is supported by technology leaders, including Adobe, ARM, Chunghwa Telecom, Cisco, Intel, LG Electronics Inc., Marvell, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Ericsson, Toshiba and Verizon Wireless, and leading content providers, including BBC, MTV Networks, and NBC Universal, who want to deliver rich Web and video experiences, live and on-demand across a variety of devices.

Read more

A killer app for HTML/JS/AJAX-The Next Dreamweaver

The nest DreamwaverEvery once in a while I peek over the fence to see what the HTML/JS camps at Adobe are working on and was I in for a suprise. I really believe that the next Dreamweaver release is a killer app for HTML/JS/AJAX design and development. It is rare for me to label something a killer app but I have never seen first class tooling for html/js like this before.

Read more