Adobe Air or Webkit? Developer's point of view.

[webadpro]

Hi,

Just wondering, I have some future project into creating some playbook apps.

Just wondering which one do you recommend Air or Webkit? And for which reason?

Thanks

[semicoln]

I've been looking into this question myself. I'm going with Air because the amount of effort for writing a program from scratch is almost the same but Air gives you access to a much larger set of APIs. I'm not coming from a Flash/ActionScript background but I'm finding that ActionScript is really not much different than JavaScript. I picked up a book on Flex 4 and I'm going through the material on the Tablet OS Dev site. Looks like a breeze.

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[webadpro]

Well, I'm a full time web developper, worked with Flash and developed a lot with jquery(javascript), and html.

So I'm simply wondering from others. Anyone knows if its easier to create some function through air? such as create a drop down menu when sliding down from the top bezel.

Ill appreciate everyone's suggestions and comments.

Thanks

[semicoln]

I'm a Java/C/C++ developer and I'd much rather be using a traditional system programming language instead of web centric technology. If you have a Flash background I definately recommend going with AIR.

Just compare the API docs between WebWorks and AIR for the PlayBook and you will see why. One example that I have looked at is the ability of apps to handle the device going into standby or different power management modes during execution.

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[BBThemes]

Originally Posted by semicoln

If you have a Flash background I definately recommend going with AIR.

totally agree with you, i think thats why they use both app platforms, so you can choose which you are most comfortable with.

also i personally didnt use flash builder, i simply used flash CS5.5 for mine, then made the XML docs then compiled them using the DOS compiler, simply because i know flash better as an app than flash builder.