That’s right. When it comes down to it, this framework is not impressive or new, but it’s light and popular so I’m working with it. Adobe AIR – the A in AIR stands for Adobe, so what’s the point? double branding, easy recognition, whatever. The concept is this: you write a web application but you want it available offline, or you want more client-side data access, or just want to write something that’s simple both to create and publish – AIR is it until the bandwagon travels elsewhere. AIR is basically a system that creates/runs dependent .exe programs that can easily be distributed to users. It is a self-contained browser that can be (Java)scripted with a tad more functionality than your normal browser environment.
Just because, and due to lack of free time, I’m writing a multiplayer online client/server tic-tac-toe game as a study in concepts. I’m using a tiny bit of php to handle database housing of the game instance info, and both players connect to the server via AJAX to start games with each other.
Perhaps this concept could turn into a more complex interaction/game, but more likely I’ll move on to another project first.
