Using Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is perhaps the most popular IDE available for Web developers. Because AIR and Dreamweaver are Adobe products (Dreamweaver became so after Adobe purchased Macromedia), it’s no surprise that you can use Dreamweaver to create AIR applications. Unlike Aptana Studio, Dreamweaver is a commercial application only, but you can download a 30-day trial version at www.adobe.com.

To develop AIR applications in Dreamweaver, you must install the AIR Extension, which is simple enough, so there’s no need to walk you through it. Just download the extension at http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR:Dreamweaver_CS3_Extension. It works with Dreamweaver CS3 on Windows (XP or Vista) and Mac OS X (10.4 or later), and can be installed using Dreamweaver’s Extension Manager. Once you have the extension installed (remember to restart Dreamweaver afterwards), follow these steps to write, debug, and build an AIR application.