1.7. Summary
This Chapter offered an introduction to AIR and the development tools. It also offered instructions on setting up the AIR SDK on both the OSX and Windows operating systems. Finally, there was a step-by-step demonstration on creating your first Flex-based AIR application.
The next Chapter will focus on the definitions of Rich Internet and Rich Desktop applications as well as the many vendors who are trying to gain a piece of this expanding market. Some of the largest names in technology like Microsoft, Sun, and Adobe are offering tools to create Rich Internet and Rich Desktop applications. Each has its own implementation catered to creating these applications, and we will look at each.
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