Adobe has made available its Apollo web development
solution in beta.
The solution allows developers to use web development skills
such as Flash, Flex, HTML, JavaScript, and Ajax to build and deploy
rich internet applications (RIAs) for the desktop.
Apollo enables developers to create applications that combine
the benefits of web applications – network and user connectivity,
rich media content, and ease of development – with the strengths of
desktop applications, like application interactions, local resource
access, personal settings and rich interactive experiences, said
Adobe.
Adobe said leading online auction company eBay is already
building an Apollo-based application to engage customers.
Apollo enables familiar application interaction models,
including drag-and-drop support, rich clipboard access, and desktop
and system shortcuts to be used.
Apollo applications run as regular applications, and do not have
to run within another application or shell, as web applications do
by running within the browser.
The “alpha” version of the Apollo runtime solution provides
developers with the opportunity to begin building applications for
Apollo.
Future releases will provide more stability, more desktop
integration, and enhanced support for Ajax developers, Adobe
said.
The final version of Apollo is expected later this year.
More details on Apollo are available here:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/apollo/
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