Cerchi articoli, tutorial e guide su Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3, Premiere Pro CS3, Actionscript 3, Flex 3 e Adobe AIR, Java e Microsoft Silverlight ? Sul suo blog, Tim Anderson, elenca le 10 ragioni per scegliere una teconologia come AIR e le 10 cose per non farlo.
Pro
1. Fast execution. ActionScript 3.0 has a JIT (just-in-time) compiler, putting it on a par with Java or .NET for raw performance.
2. Cross-platform. AIR apps will run on Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X (PowerPC and Intel), Linux (though not in the beta).
Contro
1. Limited extensibility. AIR apps have file access, clipboard access, support multiple windows, support drag and drop, and can trigger notifications (”toast” in Windows). If you app needs to interact with the desktop in other ways, the chances are that AIR is not suitable. For example, there’s no access to COM automation, and no way to execute external applications. The reason is to maintain cross-platform compatibility. That’s a worthy goal, but it would be good to have a way out of the sandbox. Unlike Java or .NET, you cannot extend AIR with custom native code libraries. Nor can you call operating system APIs.
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