I think this is brilliant. Davis has really captured the frustration that I’ve felt with Flash as a platform for artistic and interactive experimentation:
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.
So they’ve set out to create a framework that sits atop the Flash IDE which allows for the artist to use a simplified set of commands to accomplish their goals.
I’m currently kicking the tires and will have some experiments posted shortly. Way to go Josh and Branden!