Thanks Rey. Finding out whether the usual jquery $.getJson and such will
work from inside the (beta 2) sandbox (or some other way via the sandbox
bridge) is my first task. If someone knows that, it'd save me some
experimentation time. I dread the thought of converting code to the AIR
native ajax api's. I suspect those only have to be used outside the
sandbox (since forcing ajax code rewrites would not be inline with the
goals of AIR as I've read them), but am not sure how the pieces fit
together at this point.
I think you might have given me the wrong link below?
Thanks,
Jack
Rey Bango wrote:
Hi Jack,
Before Beta 2 and the new security features, doing that would've been
trivial. With the new features, I don't believe you'll be able to just
have one codebase for your app since the sandboxes are built in a way
that require you to use the built-in APIs to do things like Ajax
calls. Don't quote me at I'm not 100% sure on this.
I just downloaded Beta 2 myself and hopefully will be able to get into
it further but in my phone call with Adobe, they explicitly said that
they would be "enhancing" security and it would require changes to the
way the apps are built.
There's a post on Ajaxian that give some good links as well:
http://ajaxian.com/archives/ext-20-scrolling-tabs-anchor-layout-the-web-desktop-and-more
I also have contacts on the AIR team at Adobe so if you have specific
AIR questions, let me know.
Rey...
Jack Killpatrick wrote:
Thanks Jake,
At this risk of getting too off-topic, I don't *think* that will work
for my scenario, which is an app that does a lot of jquery ajax stuff
with json. In particular, there is a sandbox that some of it will
have to live in:
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:HTML_Security_FAQ
Also, ideally, I would like to maintain one copy of the "core" code,
but have it work for both the AIR app and the web app, ideally with
them both sharing code (not copies).
FWIW, right now, I have little need for the AIR-specific features
(drag drop, local file system access, etc), and am just looking for
the best way to shoehorn my existing jquery app into the sandbox, I
*think*.
Re: FlexBuilder, I'm using the Aptana plugin for AIR in Eclipse.
Thx,
Jack
Jake McGraw wrote:
A free copy of AIR for JavaScript Developers is available here:
http://tinyurl.com/23uqqj [ajaxian.com]
As jQuery ajax functions work within Safari (Webkit), there should be
no major overhauls necessary for your app. Simply generate a static
HTML representation of your application and include it in a directory
with jquery.js, AIRAlias.js and your custom scripts/images. Create an
AIR configuration file (see book) and you should be good to go.
You may also want to check out the Flex Build IDE for Eclipse. It
includes a lot of built in functionality for developing AIR
Applications using either Flex/Flash or HTML/JavaScript.
- jake
On 10/2/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If anyone sends you something offlist, please post it back here.
I'm also
VERY interested in learning this type of development.
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Subject: [jQuery] jquery + adobe air: getting started?
Hi All,
Anyone know of some blog entries, tutorials, etc (other than the
general
stuff at Adobe Labs) that might help me get started "migrating" a
jquery-based HTML app to the Adobe AIR runtime? I'm looking for
jquery-specific tips, examples, etc.
My app does a lot of ajax calls that send json data back and forth,
so the
bulk of it will live in the AIR sandbox, at least initially, so
that has to
be present in the how-to's. I'm using Aptana's AIR plugin for
Eclipse for my
IDE, FWIW.
Thanks!
- Jack
