Showing posts with label javascript. Show all posts
Showing posts with label javascript. Show all posts
GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP)
This is a great tool that I used in my ActionScript projects for years and now there is a javascript version. You can animate any CSS properties of DOM elements which is making HTML development look super slick. GSAP claims to be up to 20 times faster than JQuery and I believe it. For a couple of years now I have been trying to get a friend of mine (he is a HTML Developer) to try GSAP. Finally with reluctance he started using it and his words to me now are "why isn't everyone using it?".
In addition to setting up individual tweens you can also set up timelines where you can add multiple tweens and then control those tweens with play, pause, resume, reverse, restart. Check out the API Doc's
GreenSock has been around since the days of ActionScript 2.0 and followed that with a version for ActionScript 3.0. Now you can tween like a pro in javascript too!
In addition to setting up individual tweens you can also set up timelines where you can add multiple tweens and then control those tweens with play, pause, resume, reverse, restart. Check out the API Doc's
GreenSock has been around since the days of ActionScript 2.0 and followed that with a version for ActionScript 3.0. Now you can tween like a pro in javascript too!
Starling JS
I was so excited when I heard that there would be a Starling javascript library over a year ago, I signed up for the news letter and eagerly awaited the newsletter that would announce that StarlingJS had moved out of beta and that the library is ready to be put to work. If you have been out of the loop or living under a rock for the past year and have not seen the demo yet check this out.
Sadly things behind the curtain seemed more dire than the community knew and StarlingJS was close to dead in the water after the main sponsor pulled out. Daniel Sperl goes into some detail in this article on his blog. In a nutshell development will continue under a new partnership with Robert Bateman and the Away foundation.
While there is some concern from the community that the partnership will not mean that Starling and StarlingJS become vastly different API's, the good news is that development is underway again! I will be watching my inbox for this release.
Sadly things behind the curtain seemed more dire than the community knew and StarlingJS was close to dead in the water after the main sponsor pulled out. Daniel Sperl goes into some detail in this article on his blog. In a nutshell development will continue under a new partnership with Robert Bateman and the Away foundation.
While there is some concern from the community that the partnership will not mean that Starling and StarlingJS become vastly different API's, the good news is that development is underway again! I will be watching my inbox for this release.
Have you seen Adobe Flash CC?
As Flash® developers we have been struggling to retain our identities, our job roles changed overnight. In the process I had to fill roles to which I may be ill suited in order to retain my billable hours and I admit I had a hard time letting go. Not letting go of the technology but of the enjoyment I got from creating the things I did and the privilege of getting paid to do it. I was left wondering where to next and I felt like one of the star players being benched because the coaches didn't understand the game. It doesn't matter how often I try and set the record straight people are either unable or unwilling to understand that Adobe Flash is a program, a content creation tool that still has a place in the industry. Flash player running in the browser was the guilty party and exiled from the web, instead all things Flash were relegated to the basement where indie gamers and some mobile app developers eagerly took up the mantle. I started using Adobe Flash back in version 4 and I have spent too many long hours getting to where I am. I remember how excited I was back then and how much I enjoyed learning flash in the years after while honing the tools of my trade. I remember when Actionscript 3.0 was released and how it changed the game. The change left some people behind unable to keep up while attracting others seeing this new potential. I remember how tough the last year and a half has been and how Flash developers have scrambled to adapt to our new environment. During this time I have been in a state of flux trying to make sense of the event that had happened always looking for the silver linning. I believe our futures are not solely in changing our games to fit in but in the coaches understanding how the game itself has changed. We still need to be out on the field. I have little care if my final product is a published swf or canvas animation, it is the tools that I enjoy so much and the rich experience that I create as a end result that gets my creative juices flowing. Sure there are other ways to ply your hardened skills but the skies are getting brighter. I am really excited about Adobe Flash CC which is the latest release from Adobe check it out. It really doesn't matter if you are riding the swings or the roundabout it all comes back around, eventually…
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