Now, developers can work from their home through Adobe’s Apollo. A leading independent maker of software programming tools, Adobe Systems Inc, has introduced new design tools to run offline on computer desktops and desktops and programmes, which can work on the web. The next generation of Internet software, named Web 2.0, will run on both online in web browsers and offline on desktop computers without re-writing the code.
The company has also introduced a public test version of its software, code named Apollo, which helps programmers to write advanced programs called Rich Internet Applications (RIA) for desktop computers, even when they are not connected to the web. Apollo software will allow developers to take online applications and enable them to work offline from home. Apollo is also known as Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), which allows independent software developers to build hybrid Web and desktop applications to run on an independent of Windows or Macintosh software. The software also brings to desktop computer programs to build rich multimedia applications. The test version of Adobe AIR includes following features:
1. It includes an embedded local database, which stores online data offline
2. The reading of Adobe Acrobat “.pdf” files is expanded with JavaScript programming,
3. The software is integrated with Adobe Flex, the company’s Rich Internet Application software development system.
4. Adobe AIR is an open source software, which allows developers to use and enhance the code in exchange for sharing any improvements
Michele Turner, Adobe’s vice president of platforms, said, Especially data-intensive or multimedia applications stand to benefit in situations where local wireless connections fail. These capabilities allow programmers to create simple-to-use “drag-and-drop” software that runs both online and offline.
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Via: Reuters
