Beginning Adobe AIR is a book that offers a lot of guidance, in a format that readers find intuitive to follow. The exercise-based format of the Wrox Beginning series has a strong following by all levels of readers, and is one that works very well in the classroom or home. Written by a well-known and well-respected Adobe development Guru, this is the perfect mix of tutorial, and hands-on coding web developers are looking for - written from their point of view. Readers will benefit from Rich's experience with the Adobe Integrated Runtime which he shares on topics including:
* Understanding the AIR model
* Understanding the programming languages available to AIR developers
* Working with the various tools for building AIR applications
* Packaging AIR applications
* Interacting with datasources
* Leveraging the various AIR APIs
and much more. Complete source code, examples, and discussion forms available at Wrox.com