AIR: Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3

This course is for individuals who want to create a cross platform operating system using AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) to produce Rich Internet Applications.
Lesson 1: Introducing the Course
Topic 1A: Introducing Mastery Learning
Topic 1B: Understanding the Course Format
Topic 1C: Reviewing the Course Prerequisites
Topic 1D: Reviewing the Course Outline
Lesson 2: Introducing Adobe Integrated Runtime
Topic 2A: Exploring the AIR Development Toolset
Topic 2B: Reviewing the Adobe AIR Tools for Flex Builder 3
Topic 2C: Walkthrough 1: Review an AIR application
Lesson 3: Getting Started with AIR
Topic 3A: Creating Your First AIR Application
Topic 3B: Walkthrough 1: Create an AIR Application
Topic 3C: Packaging and Deploying Applications
Topic 3D: Walkthrough 2: Export and Install an Application
Topic 3E: Understanding AIR Fundamentals
Topic 3F: Walkthrough 3: Examine the AIR package and Change the Descriptor
Topic 3G: Getting Help and Other Resources
Lesson 4: Creating Native Windows
Topic 4A: Creating Windows
Topic 4B: Walkthrough 1: Create, Open, and Close a Native Window
Topic 4C: Modifying the Window Display
Topic 4D: Walkthrough 2: Control Window Chrome, Transparency, and Full Screen Display
Topic 4E: Manipulating Windows
Topic 4F: Walkthrough 3: Control Window Behaviors When a Title Bar is Removed
Topic 4G: Controlling Window Behavior Using Window Events
Topic 4H: Walkthrough 4: Control Window Behavior Through Event Listeners
Lesson 5: Using the File System
Topic 5A: Using the File Class
Topic 5B: Walkthrough 1: Using the File Class
Topic 5C: Enabling Visual File System Interaction
Topic 5D: Walkthrough 2: Use File System Browsing and Display Components
Topic 5E: Removing Files from the File System
Topic 5F: Walkthrough 3: Interacting with Visually Specified File Objects
Topic 5G: Using File Streams
Topic 5H: Walkthrough 4: Create a Directory or UTF-8 (Unicode) Text File
Topic 5I: Working with Binary Data
Topic 5J: Walkthrough 5: Read, Modify, and Write a Binary File to the Desktop
Lesson 6: Connecting Applications
Topic 6A: Communicating Between Applications
Topic 6B: Walkthrough 1: Connect to and Call a Method in Another AIR Application
Topic 6C: Connecting to Web Applications Using URL Requests over HTTP
Topic 6D: Walkthrough 2: Interact with a Remote Service Using Posted URL Data
Topic 6E: Displaying HTML Content
Topic 6F: Walkthrough 3: Load HTML Into an AIR Application
Topic 6G: Detecting Network Availability
Topic 6H: Walkthrough 4: Add Network Detection
Lesson 7: Lab
Topic 7A: Create an AIR Project
Topic 7B: Write to the File System
Topic 7C: Create a Native Window
Topic 7D: Load an HTML Page in the Application
Lesson 8: Using the Clipboard
Topic 8A: Moving Data with Copy and Paste
Topic 8B: Walkthrough 1: Moving Data To and From the System Clipboard
Topic 8C: Using Drag and Drop
Topic 8D: Walkthrough 2: Drag Images From the Operating System Into the Application
Lesson 9: Persisting Application Data
Topic 9A: Using an Embedded SQL Database
Topic 9B: Walkthrough 1: Create a New Database
Topic 9C: Using SQL Statements
Topic 9D: Walkthrough 2: Update the Database and Records
Topic 9E: Working with SQL Data Types
Topic 9F: Walkthrough 3: Use Date/Time and BLOB Data
Lesson 10: Understanding AIR Security
Topic 10A: Considering AIR Security
Topic 10B: Walkthrough 1: Respond to Player Capability
Topic 10C: Using Encrypted Data Storage
Topic 10D: Walkthrough 2: Using Encrypted Local Storage
Topic 10E: Understanding AIR Application Updating
Topic 10F: Walkthrough 3: Updating Applications and Preventing Downgrade Attacks
Lesson 11: Customizing Deployment
Topic 11A: Setting the Application's Desktop Icon
Topic 11B: Walkthrough 1: Add Icon to Application
Topic 11C: Setting System Tray Icon
Topic 11D: Walkthrough 2: Adding a System Tray Icon
Topic 11E: Customizing Application Chrome
Topic 11F: Walkthrough 3: Change Main Application Window Appearance
Lesson 12: Lab
Topic 12A: Drag in RSS Feed
Topic 12B: Save Data to the Embedded Database
Topic 12C: Add Customizations and Security Checks