The second leg of the on AIR Bus Tour came to a conclusion last week in Boston, MA. Once again, we were blown away by the numbers of HTML/JavaScript developers in attendance (an average of 50% of the audience at each event). Imagine my surprise then, when I found out that there has been an astoundingly low number of HTML/JavaScript entries for the AIR Developer Derby!
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Among the early AIR (then Apollo) applications was MapSnap, which is developed and maintained by Christian Cantrell. MapSnap eventually became MapCache with the launch of Adobe AIR. MapCache is developed using Flex, and demonstrates local file IO, clipboard access and native drag and drop using PNG-encoded map images. Given that Yahoo! Maps offers a great API for the JavaScript developer, I decided to port this application over to HTML/CSS/JavaScript.
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I got an email earlier this week that pointed to David Cann’s iPhone interface done in JavaScript. I hadn’t seen it before, and I don’t know how long it has been around, but I thought it was pretty slick. Inspired by the possibilities, I decided to take the lead on moving into an AIR application. We always say that HTML applications are first-class citizens on AIR, but I’ve never really tried it with anyone else’s code but my own. Here was the chance to eat our own dog food, and see just how far we’ve come. How are we doing? Read on!
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By now you’ve heard that Adobe has launched the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), formerly Apollo. You probably heard about Flex 3, too. If you’re an HTML developer however, there are a few announcements that may have gotten past you. HTML/CSS/JS is a first-class citizen for developing AIR applications, and to that end there’s a some new developments that assist in that workflow. There’s also some updates and a new addition to the HTML-based sample applications.
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