Project profile: Bringing Google Analytics to the desktop

Google Analytics is a web service to help businesses figure out where their visitors come from and how they interact with their sites. The Analytics Reporting Suite is an Adobe AIR application that brings Google Analytics to the desktop (see Figure 1). In this article, I talk about my experiences porting the Google Analytics web version to an Adobe AIR application and tell you about our plans for the suite's future.

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Three reasons to try Flex 3

On the same day Flex 3 became available, Adobe released the first official version of Adobe AIR. Flex, Adobe AIR, and Adobe Flash Player are the foundation of the Adobe technology platform for RIAs. Before I jump into Flex 3, here's a brief explanation of the products that make up the platform:

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