At the MAX 2007 Adobe has shown an internal project called "C / C + + to ActionScript Compiler" so far and Kevin Lynch mentioned the project at Engage 2008. This project is a cross-compiler for ActionScript allows any C code or C + + to run on the Adobe Flash Player or Adobe AIR. This project has some subtleties to extend the platform Adobe in terms of coding. The key is that many languages are built from C / C + +:

Java, Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua, Perl, C # (Mono), JavaScript, and many others ...

Part of its implementation based on a pattern which allows ActionScript "green threading": it allows to execute code synchronously in the ActionScript virtual machine asyncrhone. The work done during this project will open new perspectives ...

Like many companies, Adobe has many C / C + + for filters used PhotoShop, PDF rendering, to read and écriretous file formats existing libraries of fonts, very complex vector renderers, and more ... With Adobe it are many open source libraries that could serve as a component. The biggest attraction for me is that there is no need to port these libraries, they work like the original. For example, the behavior of Python in Flash Player is identical with C-Python compared to the behavior of a scope as the projects IronPython and Jython. The aim is to bring the concepts of inheritance, libraries external code in the Flash Player and Adobe AIR.

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An alpha version of Adobe AIR for Linux is released this week. It is available on Adobe Labs. If you are on Linux and you want to try out AIR, it sufit go to the download page and test!

Adobe has also released a new version of FlexBuilder for Linux on Adobe Labs.

We looked forward, that's it ... Flex 3 is now available in final version and AIR will download in the same way as the Flash player.

At the same time we learn via the new portal of Adobe's open source that the code name of Flex 4 is "Gumbo" whose main lines of evolution are described here.

Note that 2 versions of Flex Builder are available for purchase: The "standard" and "professional" (respectively 179 € and 499 € or 69 € and 219 € as an upgrade from version 2 (price Taxes)).

The differences between the 2 versions (source: Adobe store):

• Testing tools: The memory profiler and performance allow you to explore the use of memory and to analyze how applications use resources. Functional tests include automated regression tests.
• Optimization of the components of data visualization: Optimize the display of data using the new Advanced DataGrid component. Flex Builder 3 Professional also offers forms rendering optimized and new functions of aggregation and summary. Charts component provides new interactions, a drawing API and support for multiple axes.

The SDK is still free to download.

WebResourcesDepot includes Adobe AIR applications to be missed ...

Most of these applications are provided with source code, they can help you create your own applications Adobe AIR / Flex!

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I found the net on a component to add it in the MXML code that allows you to move files from the desktop to your applications Flex / AIR. ... Read more

I found a tutorial Adobe AIR done here!

He shows us how to store data locally using Adobe AIR and SQLite.