Presented by Denard Springle
@NVCFUG
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March 2013
Adobe AIR
HTML5
CSS3
Javascript
/jQuery
Your favorite back
-
end technology (CF, right?!)
Converts Flash/Flex/AS3 or HTML/JS to Desktop
Applications
Webkit
browser based for HTML/JS apps
Supports HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery*
Windows, OS X, Linux
SDK and compiler (Currently v1.6.x)
Security Sandboxes
SQLite
embedded database
Local storage (encrypted)
AS/JS proxies (AIRAliases.js)
PDF, clipboard, drag & drop, file system
integration
Native menu’s and taskbars/docks
Service monitoring (check service availability)
Application updater (update from within)
Browser distribution (distribute AIR and app)
Security Sandboxes
More difficult to debug (Introspection)
Requires clients to DL and install Adobe AIR
runtime
Applications must be digitally signed to be
installed
‘Odd’ issues
–
colors, script behavior, etc.
Same code base can be used across multiple
platforms and devices
Web Exceptions:
SQLite
, Local Storage, File
System,
PhoneGap
Some exceptions can be handled in AS/JS
Some exceptions require code branching*
Application Sandboxed
Uses AJAX to communicate with server(s)
AIRAliases.js (
Javascript
aliases to AS3 calls)
(air.<function> not
window.runtime.flash
.<function>)
Single page (v1.0+) or multi
-
page capable
(v1.5+) HTML applications
EncryptedLocalStore.setItem
(key,<
UTFByteArray
>)
Value =
EncryptedLocalStore.getItem
(key)
jStorage
is a cross
-
browser local storage system
$.
jStorage.set
(
key,value
)
Value = $.
jStorage.get
(key)
Use if/else with feature discovery to determine if
running in AIR or in the browser
E
-
Commerce Apps are POS systems
Best Practice = use local db and app server,
app server
central server (e.g. web site)
Return as little data as required, or as possible
(e.g. pagination)
Not all POS printers are created equal
(OPOS,
JavaPOS
, OS drivers)
Gather credit card data and split into card
number, expiration, card holder
XX1234123412341234^CARD HOLDER^1604(^)<random data>
ccNum
= Right(
ListGetAt
(<
swipedata
>,1,'^'),Len(
ListGetAt
(<
swipeData
>,1,'^'))
-
2)
cardHolder
=
ListGetAt
(<
swipedata
>,2,'^')
expDate
= Mid(
ListGetAt
(<
swipedata
>,3,'^'),3,2) & Left(
ListGetAt
(<
swipedata
>,3,'^'),2)
Screen resolution is usually limited (for POS
systems
–
typical is 1024 x 768)
Inputs, buttons, selects, and even text have
to be much larger than a web application
On
-
Screen keyboard will be required for
textual input (OS or
javascript
, typically)
MissionTix Event Kiosk
MissionTix Conference Kiosk
http://get.adobe.com/air/
(AIR Distributable)
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/air
-
sdk
-
download.html
(AIR SDK)
http://www.sqlite.org/
(
SQLite
)
https://github.com/andris9/jStorage
(
jStorage
)
O’Reilly Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook (Flex and HTML)
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