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Excerpted from Chapter 18 of the Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook. Mashup applications are based on the possibility of consuming remote data sources, and to create one, you need a good understanding of the APIs available. AIR offers even greater possibilities for creating mashup applications and widgets. With AIR, you can go beyond all the sandbox security of the browser and add advanced features to the application to interact with the file system or local storage with SQLite. This chapter demonstrates how to integrate the Flickr, Yahoo Maps, and Twitter web services to create desktop mashup applications with AIR.

Excerpted from Chapter 18 of the Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook. Mashup applications are based on the possibility of consuming remote data sources, and to create one, you need a good understanding of the APIs available. AIR offers even greater possibilities for creating mashup applications and widgets. With AIR, you can go beyond all the sandbox security of the browser and add advanced features to the application to interact with the file system or local storage with SQLite. This chapter demonstrates how to integrate the Flickr, Yahoo Maps, and Twitter web services to create desktop mashup applications with AIR.

Excerpted from Chapter 18 of the Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook. Mashup applications are based on the possibility of consuming remote data sources, and to create one, you need a good understanding of the APIs available. AIR offers even greater possibilities for creating mashup applications and widgets. With AIR, you can go beyond all the sandbox security of the browser and add advanced features to the application to interact with the file system or local storage with SQLite. This chapter demonstrates how to integrate the Flickr, Yahoo Maps, and Twitter web services to create desktop mashup applications with AIR.

Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook--New from O'Reilly Solutions and Practical Examples from Rich Internet Application Developers Sebastopol, CA--Buzz continues to build over the release of Adobe AIR 1.5. And O'Reilly's latest, "Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook ($44.99)--the first book available on Adobe...

Yes, we have winners! It's our pleasure to announce the winners of the Adobe AIR Cook-off contest: Greg Jastrab, Jeff Tapper, and Jamie Kosoy. Well done, contestants! Here's a rundown on who won what: Grand Prize - "Migrating Serialization Changes...

Attention AIR developers, if you haven't yet contributed to the AIR cookbook, it is not too late. You could still contribute and win a fantastic prize. The deadline for entries is September 26, 2008. To contribute please visit http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/?navID=cookbook

There are a couple of great new resources for new or aspiring AIR developers: the online AIR Cookbook and the upcoming AIR Cookbook published by O'Reilly which will be coming out later this year. The great thing with both of these resources is that they both need community involvement!

Just as the Flex cookbook gave the community a great way to get involved with an O'Reilly book, the Adobe AIR Cookbook will give just as many opportunities. Over the next weeks I will be giving all of you many ways that you can get involved with this book. Right now, we are looking for technical editors.

UPDATE: Thanks to all who submitted their name for consideration. We have received quite a large response. If additional information is needed from you, you will be contacted directly.