Building Desktop RIAs With PHP And JavaScript

This document summarizes a talk about building desktop applications using PHP and JavaScript. It discusses using Adobe AIR as a runtime environment and JavaScript frameworks like jQuery. It provides examples of desktop apps communicating with a PHP backend over JSON to perform tasks like uploading photos or making asynchronous calculations. The document recommends using JSON for data exchange and emphasizes that desktop apps are persistent with asynchronous calls, unlike server-side PHP apps.