5797 HYPE framework [Flash]

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Created by Branden Hall & Joshua Davis, HYPE is a creative coding framework built on top of ActionScript 3. A major goal of HYPE is to allow newcomers to Flash and ActionScript to creatively play and express themselves while they are learning how to program.

Flash has matured incredibly in the past decade, but it has done so in a way that has blocked non-developers from even getting started. The simple fact of the matter is that with older versions of Flash you could learn the tool and how to program ActionScript almost entirely through creative play. With the latest iterations, unless you have a background in object-oriented programming, that method of learning by doing is simply not an option.

To get started, you only the most basic knowledge of programming – variables, conditionals, loops, and functions, for example. As you learn more about programming you can extend HYPE and grow your skills.

HYPE is not just for people who are new to programming. Instead, HYPE is for anyone, regardless of skill, who wants to play with code. Fundamentally, the point of HYPE is to make Flash fun again. We made HYPE to help bring back the playfulness that once defined our community.

For more information and plenty of examples to get started, see http://hype.joshuadavis.com

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  1. Harry Harrison
    Oct 31, 2009
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    Okay, this is actually awesome. I’ve not been a huge fan of Flash in the past, but christ, this looks handy. Will go very well with my new Programming Interactivity book. Thanks for the link. :)


  2. shabnam
    May 13, 2010
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    Thanks for the post


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