Chapter 4. Basic Concepts and Code
As the simple test case in Chapter 2, “Creating an Application,” shows, with Adobe AIR you can make an executable desktop application using just HTML. The problem is that with HTML alone your program won’t do anything useful. To make a functional application, you’ll need to use additional technologies, starting with JavaScript.
Although JavaScript can produce some nice results, there’s no reason to stop there. It’s easy enough to use ActionScript and Flash, even if you’re not terribly familiar with either. An introduction to these programs plus how to tie them into an HTML application is what you’ll find in this chapter. You’ll also learn the fundamentals of the XMLHttpRequest object, a standard JavaScript tool ...
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