Our Recommended Books
The following books come highly recommended by us and other top AIR developers.
Latest Online Resources
- Sitepoint References - XHTML, CSS and JavaScript
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New reference site from Sitepoint. Currently only CSS and a beta version of HTML is available. Worth keeping an eye out for though.
- AMF PHP
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AMFPHP allows thin client applications built in languages such as Flash, Flex, and AIR to communicate directly with PHP class objects on the server.
- CSS reference
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Online CSS reference for CSS 2.01 with box model article too. Invaulable.
- XHTML Reference
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A full online reference for XHTML. Ideal for when you have forgotten that tag syntax!
- FITC Amsterdam - RIA meets Desktop
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Peter Elst's presentation from FITC 2008 on Adobe AIR, taking an RIA to the desktop.
- BluePrint CSS framework
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Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time. It gives you a solid CSS foundation to build your project on top of, with an easy-to-use grid, sensible typography, and even a stylesheet for printing.
- Scriptaculous - UI framework
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script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly.
- PrototypeJS Javascript framework
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Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.
- MooTools Javascript framework
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MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API.
- Tweener - creating tweens in ActionScript
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Tweener (caurina.transitions.Tweener) is a Class used to create tweenings and other transitions via ActionScript code for projects built on the Flash platform. In layman's terms, Tweener helps you move things around on the screen using only code, instead of the timeline.
- Flex 2 style explorer
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Adobe consulting tool that gives you access to the styles that are available with the standard Flex 2 components. You can even download the generated CSS file for use in your own applications.
- ActionScript 3.0 Language and Components Reference
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ActionScript 3.0 Language and Components Reference. You will need this when developing AIR applications using Actionscript 3 or the Flex API's.