Business Systems with Adobe AIR

Business Systems with Adobe AIR Technology Manchester Digital, June 30th 2009 Rob Knight Lead Technical Architect, PRWD

About PRWD ‣ Focus on improving online performance ‣ 100% web technologies ‣ Agile and user-centred

The Application

The Application PRWD Business System for Manufacturers

The Application PRWD Business System for Manufacturers ‣ Developed during September ’08 - February ’09

The Application PRWD Business System for Manufacturers ‣ Developed during September ’08 - February ’09 ‣ Provides process automation and support to manufacturing businesses

The Application PRWD Business System for Manufacturers ‣ Developed during September ’08 - February ’09 ‣ Provides process automation and support to manufacturing businesses ‣ Designed using a UCD (user-centred design) process

Technical Challenges

Technical Challenges ‣ Must run as a desktop application ‣ Save local user preferences and logins ‣ Display and print PDFs ‣ Must interoperate with web server backend ‣ Deploy to varied OSs

Technical Challenges ‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone application browser-based window ‣ Save local user preferences and logins ‣ Display and print PDFs ‣ Must interoperate with web server backend ‣ Deploy to varied OSs

Technical Challenges ‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone application browser-based window ‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is preferences and logins provided ‣ Display and print PDFs ‣ Must interoperate with web server backend ‣ Deploy to varied OSs

Technical Challenges ‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone application browser-based window ‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is preferences and logins provided ‣ Display and print PDFs ✓ PDFs viewable via plugin ‣ Must interoperate with web server backend ‣ Deploy to varied OSs

Technical Challenges ‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone application browser-based window ‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is preferences and logins provided ‣ Display and print PDFs ✓ PDFs viewable via plugin ‣ Must interoperate with ✓ Full support for web server backend XmlHttpRequest ‣ Deploy to varied OSs

Technical Challenges ‣ Must run as a desktop ✓ Apps run in a standalone application browser-based window ‣ Save local user ✓ A local Sqlite database is preferences and logins provided ‣ Display and print PDFs ✓ PDFs viewable via plugin ‣ Must interoperate with ✓ Full support for web server backend XmlHttpRequest ‣ Deploy to varied OSs ✓ Cross-platform installer provided

Built on web standards

Built on web standards ‣ WebKit Browser

Built on web standards ‣ WebKit Browser ‣ Supports many HTML5 features

Built on web standards ‣ WebKit Browser ‣ Supports many HTML5 features ‣ No significant platform lock-in

Choose your weapon

Choose your weapon <html>

Choose your weapon

Choose your weapon <html>

No more IE

Benefits

Benefits ‣ Minimal learning curve

Benefits ‣ Minimal learning curve ‣ Standard cross-platform browser

Benefits ‣ Minimal learning curve ‣ Standard cross-platform browser ‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to

Benefits ‣ Minimal learning curve ‣ Standard cross-platform browser ‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to ‣ Can operate entirely offline

Benefits ‣ Minimal learning curve ‣ Standard cross-platform browser ‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to ‣ Can operate entirely offline ‣ Good security model

Benefits ‣ Minimal learning curve ‣ Standard cross-platform browser ‣ Doesn’t do more than it needs to ‣ Can operate entirely offline ‣ Good security model ‣ Free development tools

Thanks for listening For more information about PRWD, visit http://www.prwd.co.uk or call us on 0161 918 6729

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Business Systems with Adobe AIR

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