Here you have a very detailed and complete tutorial on how to create a RSS reader for your favorite blogs. The process is very simple and you will easily be able to complete the task even if you’re a beginner with AIR.

Build an Adobe AIR RSS reader

Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex is offering a course on building Flex applications on Adobe AIR.

The course is divided into the following modules and labs:

* Introducing the course
* Introducing Adobe AIR
* Getting started with AIR
* Creating native windows
* Using the file system
* Connecting applications
* Using the clipboard
* Persisting application data
* Understanding AIR security
* Customizing application deployment

AIR 1.5 – Building desktop applications with Flex 3 online course

Via gotoandlearn.com
Source Files

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Exploring the sample files and component workflow
3. Exploring the AIR Browser sample application
4. AIR components API

Adobe AIR Developer Connection for Flash

Learn how to display rich text inside of the Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR 1.5 runtimes, using the Text Layout Framework library for Adobe Flash Player 10 and Adobe AIR 1.5 with this Flex Developer Center article by Mihai Corlan.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Introducing the Text Layout Framework library
3. Understanding the components and capabilities
4. Example: Using the Text Layout Framework in Flex and AIR

Learn how to create a cross-platform tool for easily editing Linux remote server files using Adobe AIR, PHP and AMFPHP.

This tutorial was created by Richard Bates and is available under Flex Developer Center.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Installing AMFPHP
3. Creating the FlexMin Configuration File Editor in Flex Builder

Step 1 – Quick Introduction to Flex
Step 2 – Installation and Configuration of Flex SDK
Step 3 – Creation of the Description file
Step 4 – Writing the actual code
Step 5 – Compile and Test
Step 6 – Styling the application
Step 7 – Create the distributable file

nettuts.com

Via gotoAndLearn.com

Explore the UI features of the AIR platform by building a simple Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application.

Build a Customer Management App

Akash Mehta will show you how to build a personal notes database with Adobe AIR.

Build A Note Storage App

Introduction
Welcome
Setting up the exercise files
Understanding the prerequisites

1. Getting Started
Understanding Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR)
Using development tools for building AIR applications
Understanding AIR security
Understanding the AIR application installation experience
Installing AIR on Windows
Installing AIR on Mac OS X

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Enjoy the course

Contents:

Part 1 – Setting up a project for Cairngorm
Part 2 – The Model
Part 3 – Commands
Part 4 – Services
Cairngorm Demo Source Files

Via Clockwork Objects

This presentation covers the following topics:

- Introduction and state defined
- Data-state management
- View-state management
- Managing state with browser back button

Flex Developer Center

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Starting off
3. Building and styling the user interface
4. Adding interactivity
5. Specifying the AIR application and installer settings
6. Debugging and packaging the application

Adobe AIR Developer Center for HTML and Ajax

1. Introduction
2. Understanding structured documents
3. Producing the Flex application
4. Stepping through the code
5. Publishing and testing the AIR application

Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex

Learn how to:

- Use the File class
- Enable visual file system interaction
- Remove files from the file system
- Use file streams
- Work with binary data

Adobe AIR Developer Center for Flex

* AIR Tip 1: Monitoring a Network Connection (AIR Beta 3)
* AIR Tip 2: Going Fullscreen (AIR Beta 3)
* AIR Tip 3: What Version is My Application (AIR Beta 3)
* AIR Tip 4: Calling a SOAP Webservice (AIR Beta 1)
* AIR Tip 5: Passing Arguments to an Application on Install (AIR Beta 3)
* AIR Tip 6: Launching an Application from the Browser (AIR Beta 3)

6 AIR Tips by David Tucker

Ths tutorial by Robert A. Colvin is now available at Adobe Developer Center.

Sample file include working examples of the following concepts:

- Using Adobe Flash Media Server for delivery of audio and video
- Data messaging with WebORB .NET 3.3 version with MSMQ

Adobe Developer Center