Mashups are the mixing of knowledge from various resources to create one unified event. Adobe's AIR (Adobe built-in Runtime) platform is progressive in that it permits net builders to create functions utilizing typical applied sciences (such as Flex, Flash and HTML) yet now they could set up them at the computer instead of having them locked to an internet browser. This e-book covers mashups from an online fashion designer and developer standpoint, instead of a programmer. It covers every little thing from the fundamentals and heritage of mashups to complicated performance and integrating mashups with the desktop.
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148 The trace() functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Create complicated trace() calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Timing execution getTimer() and period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one hundred fifty Builder: Flex Debugging viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one hundred fifty atmosphere run/debug personal tastes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 coping with the debug consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 atmosphere Flex breakpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 The Logging API . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 utilizing different debugging purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 RED|bug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 LuminicBox FlashInspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 FireBug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 precis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 ix 9365FM. qxp 4/3/08 2:21 PM web page x CONTENTS bankruptcy eight Getting the main out of APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 discovering notion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Abstracting facts companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 utilizing the interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 contemplating functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Optimizing asset loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Caching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Consolidating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one hundred seventy five precis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a hundred seventy five bankruptcy nine Mashing Up performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 utilizing Amazon S3 as an information shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Getting begun with S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 internet hosting content material with S3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . one hundred eighty gaining access to hosted records from Flash purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 analyzing and writing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 The consumer interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 The welcome display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 The dossier supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Rendering dossier icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Modeling S3 facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Controlling your S3 provider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 hundred different providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Amazon uncomplicated DB for info garage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 OpenID for person identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 precis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 bankruptcy 10 SWX: a local Flash information structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Introducing SWX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Getting began . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 subsequent steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 SWX library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 software improvement with SWX personal home page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Why decide upon SWX? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .