My First Adobe AIR Application: BugLogMini

I want to let everyone know that I have released my first Adobe AIR application. It is a small desktop client for BugLog . It is called "BugLogMini" and I just can stop being impressed by the possibilities that the Air platform brings for app development. First, here is a screenshot of the main interface:

Read on for more info...

BugLogMini is made in HTML/JavaScript on top of Air and uses xmlHttpRequests to talk to the bugLog server.

To use bugLogMini you need to add a gateway or proxy to the BugLog directory in order for it to talk to the server and retrieve the information it needs. The link to the file is at the end of this post. Just unpack the zip and place the bugLogProxy.cfm file within the bugLog root directory and you are ready to go.

But let me give a brief tour of the new app.

The first thing you see when you launch BugLogMini is a login screen. Here you enter the URL of the bugLog server as well as the user and password (this is the same user/password used to login into the main bugLog interface).

After login you will see a summary of all the bug reports received on the last 24 hours (see screenshot above). The summary includes the application, error message, the bug count and the time the last message was received. Click on any of the error messages and you will see a detailed listing with the time and server each bug was received.

Again, you can click on an individual bug to display detailed information about that particular bug report, such as the application, host name, exception message, CFID/CFTOKEN, user agent, etc.

BugLogMini uses AIR's encryptedLocalStorage to store and remember the server and user authentication information so that you don't have to enter it every time. Also, it uses timer events so that while on the summary page the application will poll the server every 10 seconds for new changes.

For now, on this first public release the functionality is very limited and basic, bug as I learn more about the possibilities of AIR I plan to extend the functionality and allow for things like system notifications, filtering, online/offline detection, configurable settings, etc.

You can download the AIR application and the bugLogProxy.cfm from the following links. This is my first AIR app, so if you find any bugs let me know.

Have Fun!