by Richard Bates | Publisher: Virtual Training Company, Inc. | Release Date: June 2009 | ISBN: 01220110006SI

Adobe AIR is a cross-platform, lightweight deployment environment based on Adobe's Flash Player. It combines the expressiveness of Flash with the familiarity and features of traditional desktop applications. Combined with the server-side power and flexibility of PHP, Adobe AIR applications are redefining Rich Internet Application (RIA) development. This course, by seasoned Flex/AIR and PHP integration specialist Richard Bates, is designed for PHP developers at all skill levels. Viewers will learn AIR fundamentals and advanced integration techniques using real-world applications and common feature-set requirements. Work files are included. To begin learning today, simply click on the movie links.

1. Introduction
   • Welcome 00:04:04
   • About Adobe AIR 00:03:11
   • How it Works: A High-Level View 00:01:55
2. Getting Started
   • Setting up WAMPServer on Windows 00:03:20
   • Setting up MAMP on Mac 00:03:58
   • Installing Zend Studio for Eclipse 00:03:10
   • Installing Flex Builder as a Plug-In 00:05:27
3. Getting Familiar with Flex Builder
   • The Eclipse Interface 00:06:08
   • Modes & Views 00:07:02
4. AIR Development Basics
   • User Interface Controls pt. 1 00:07:10
   • User Interface Controls pt. 2 00:04:50
   • Intro to MXML 00:05:49
   • Data Binding 00:05:35
5. ActionScript 3 Primer
   • Data Types 00:06:37
   • Syntax & Variables 00:05:14
   • Keywords & Functions 00:04:19
   • Events 00:03:49
6. PHP & AIR Overview
   • Connection Options 00:03:19
   • Using POST & GET pt. 1 00:09:06
   • Using POST & GET pt. 2 00:08:43
   • Application: Contact Form pt. 1 00:05:35
   • Application: Contact Form pt. 2 00:05:03
   • Application: Contact Form pt. 3 00:07:55
7. AMFPHP
   • Setting Up AMFPHP 00:03:39
   • Creating Remote Services in PHP 00:04:12
   • Remote Objects 00:08:58
   • Database Setup with phpMyAdmin 00:04:34
   • Application: Course Catalog pt. 1 00:07:58
   • Application: Course Catalog pt. 2 00:06:56
   • Application: Course Catalog pt. 3 00:05:08
   • Application: Course Catalog pt. 4 00:04:01
   • Application: Course Catalog pt. 5 00:07:37
8. Zend_Amf
   • Setting Up Zend_Amf 00:05:26
   • Creating the Zend_Amf Gateway 00:05:48
   • Creating the PHP Services pt. 1 00:05:23
   • Creating the PHP Services pt. 2 00:03:41
   • Creating the PHP Services pt. 3 00:07:56
   • Employee Directory AIR Application pt. 1 00:07:43
   • Employee Directory AIR Application pt. 2 00:04:10
   • Employee Directory AIR Application pt. 3 00:07:01
   • Creating the PHP Services pt. 4 00:07:22
   • Communicating with Zend_Amf from AIR 00:07:18
9. Customizing AIR Interfaces
   • Styling with CSS pt. 1 00:05:12
   • Styling with CSS pt. 2 00:05:16
   • Styling with CSS pt. 3 00:05:17
   • Styling with CSS pt. 4 00:05:40
   • Using Effects in MXML - Fade 00:03:54
   • Using Effects in MXML - Move 00:03:58
   • Complex Effects in MXML 00:02:41
   • Using Custom Chrome 00:09:00
   • Using View States 00:05:32
   • Transitions Between States 00:03:33
10. Advanced AIR & PHP Part 1
    • Photo Print Store AIR Application 00:06:09
    • Custom MXML Components as Renderers pt. 1 00:07:30
    • Custom MXML Components as Renderers pt. 2 00:04:40
    • Drag & Drop pt. 1 00:03:49
    • Drag & Drop pt. 2 00:05:02
    • Drag & Drop pt. 3 00:05:09
    • Drag & Drop pt. 4 00:06:27
    • Drag & Drop pt. 5 00:05:00
    • Uploading Files to PHP pt. 1 00:07:52
    • Uploading Files to PHP pt. 2 00:02:10
    • Uploading Files to PHP pt. 3 00:03:42
    • Uploading Files to PHP pt. 4 00:07:58
    • Photo Print Store Database Setup 00:05:26
    • Photo Print Store PHP Services pt. 1 00:07:28
    • Photo Print Store PHP Services pt. 2 00:04:44
    • Logins with AIR & PHP pt. 1 00:07:40
    • Logins with AIR & PHP pt. 2 00:07:19
    • POST & RemoteObjects in Tandem pt. 1 00:05:11
    • POST & RemoteObjects in Tandem pt. 2 00:07:23
11. Advanced AIR & PHP Part 2
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 1 00:05:29
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 2 00:07:47
    • Document Manager PHP Services pt. 1 00:03:35
    • Document Manager Database 00:03:42
    • Document Manager PHP Services pt. 2 00:08:49
    • Document Manager PHP Services pt. 3 00:04:46
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 3 00:04:34
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 4 00:03:05
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 5 00:02:31
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 6 00:04:52
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 7 00:05:24
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 8 00:07:26
    • Creating New Windows 00:05:44
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 9 00:05:19
    • Application: Document Manager pt. 10 00:06:12
    • Chaining Events Together 00:06:55
    • More User Authentication pt. 1 00:04:37
    • More User Authentication pt. 2 00:05:54
    • Using the Encryted Local Store pt. 1 00:07:11
    • Using the Encryted Local Store pt. 2 00:04:33
    • Custom Icons in MXML Renderers 00:05:38
    • Tuning Custom Controls & Renderers 00:04:12
12. Sometimes-Connected Applications
    • Application: Traveling Salesman - Intro 00:02:20
    • Local SQLite Databases 00:04:07
    • Application: Traveling Salesman pt. 1 00:07:09
    • Application: Traveling Salesman pt. 2 00:07:41
    • Application: Traveling Salesman pt. 3 00:04:49
    • Application: Traveling Salesman pt. 4 00:04:52
    • Application: Traveling Salesman pt. 5 00:05:40
    • Traveling Salesman PHP Code pt. 1 00:04:28
    • Traveling Salesman PHP Code pt. 2 00:04:17
    • Traveling Salesman AMF Communication pt. 1 00:04:55
    • Traveling Salesman AMF Communication pt. 2 00:06:17
    • Traveling Salesman AMF Communication pt. 3 00:05:52
    • Saving Records Remotely & Locally 00:06:11
    • Detecting Connectivity 00:07:54
    • Syncronizing Remote & Local Data pt. 1 00:07:56
    • Syncronizing Remote & Local Data pt. 2 00:06:39
    • Custom Label Functions in Datagrids 00:03:57
13. Going Public with Your Application
    • Distributing Your Application 00:03:21
    • The -app.xml File 00:03:20
    • Using the Badge Installer 00:03:33
    • Updating After Release pt. 1 00:06:54
    • Updating After Release pt. 2 00:07:46
    • Updating After Release pt. 3 00:07:14
    • Updating After Release pt. 4 00:05:39
14. Wrap Up & Next Steps
    • ActionScript Further Study 00:03:40
    • PHP Further Study 00:01:48
    • Wrap Up 00:02:51
15. Credits
    • About this Author 00:01:46