Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is a cross-operating system solution for taking the power of Rich Internet Applications to the desktop. This book details the essentials of building AIR applications using either Adobe's Flex and ActionScript technologies or HTML and JavaScript.

It covers all the hot topics for developers wanting to learn how to create AIR applications. It is written by a professional trainer and developer and draws on his wealth of experience to explain the technology in a friendly, yet methodical fashion. All of the examples are created using HTML and Flex side-by-side, so they are relevant to any web developer.