Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® AIR™ Programming in 24 Hours

Hour 5 Writing Your First AIR Application with Flex 3

In this hour, you’ll learn

    • How to create a Flex project

    • About the AIR application descriptor

    • The process of code, test, and repeat

    • The steps for packaging a release build

Creating the Flex Project—Desktop AIR Application

In Hour 4, “Preparing to Build Your First AIR Application,” you saw the built-in benefits of using Flex Builder 3. Flex Builder 3 should be installed, but if you missed that install, refer to Hour 4’s section, “How to Use Flex Builder 3 for AIR Development” for assistance. When you have Flex Builder 3 installed, you are ready to create a new Flex project, a desktop application that runs in Adobe AIR. Use the following steps to ...