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.

To get started, the user needs only the most basic knowledge of programming – variables, conditionals, loops, and functions, for example.

As the user learns more about programming they can extend HYPE and thus grow their skills, while at the same time inspiring the next generation.

Now, that’s not to say HYPE is 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.

Download and setup

The first thing you have to do is download the source from the HYPE web site or directly click here. Also you can download the lib from github.

To use the HYPE in our projects we have two ways to setup the library, the first way is using the MXP file that you can install into your Flash IDE using “Adobe Extension Manager CS4″, I never use this way, for this reason I recommend you read the installation page in the HYPE web. The second way (I use) is to set the path to the HYPE source in the source paths of Flash IDE (edit – preference – actionscript – Actionscript 3.0 settings). Now you are ready to start with HYPE.

Fast class description

• BitmapCanvas: Captures a specifed target DisplayObject to a bitmap and displays it.
• FilterRhythm: Rhythm to continuously apply a set of filters to a BitmapData instance.
• DirectionalVibration: Vibrates a property in an directional manner.
• ColorPool: Colorist that applies colors from a specified pool.
• GridLayout: Layout that produces a simple grid.
• ObjectPool: Creates and manages pools of objects.
• Oscillator: Oscillates a property with a specifed wave function.
• ShapeLayout: Layout that produces random points all of which are on a specified shape.
• SoundAnalyzer: Analyzes sound frequency data and aggregates the resulting data.
• Swarm: Makes the target object chase after a point.
• MouseFollow: Makes the target track the mouse.
• SimpleBallistic: Moves an object in a simplified ballistic path.

Demo

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Links about it

http://stranskydesign.com/blog/hello-hype-what-is-hype-the-flash-as3-framework/
http://thesven.com/?tag=hype
http://www.georgiefurst.co.uk/blog/?p=254
http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/introduction-to-the-hype-actionscript-3-0-framework/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Flashtuts+(Activetuts%2B)

Video channel at Vimeo

ActionScript is very easy to decompile. There are over 22 decompilers today. This is not a design flaw in the language; it’s a reality of all interpreted language such as Java, .NET, etc.

The encryption of the SWF (more like the code obfuscation) is to make the code difficult to understand. It’s noteworthy that it’s not actual encryption.

Despite all the protection it gives us, the obfuscation code is still vulnerable to illegal redistribution; anyone can download the SWF and republish it. To solve this issue, secureSWF has a protective system of domains (the movie will only work on the list of domains we specify) and also an encrypted loader (generates a separate swf to load our movie, assigns an encrypted name to the swf and decrypt it at runtime making it harder to download our swf), the grace of this protects us from attackers or SWF rippers grabbers.

secureSWF is the most sophisticated ActionScript obfuscation, code protection, and SWF encryption solution for Adobe’s Flash and Flex.
It provides state-of-the-art techniques to stop Flash decompilers, prevent illegal copying and redistribution, and help you increase your Flash application’s security.

What secureSWF’s SWF Encryption Does

Changes possible areas of the code flow that doesn’t affect the way the application runs. It also inserts extra control flow statements in certain areas of the code to make decompilation virtually impossible.

Dynamically wraps up the ActionScript byte-code blocks in SWF files to make finding entry points of the code very difficult for Flash decompilers. This will usually crash the decompiler.

Will randomly restructure the sequence of the byte-code instructions that the decompiler uses to reform a complete ActionScript statement. It removes all the possible links between the compiled byte-code and the ActionScript source code making decompiling a very difficult process.

Will replace sensitive literal strings in your code with a function call that gets the string from an encrypted byte array.

The Information secureSWF Removes

Getting Started secureSWF

secureSWF Manual

Demo

Only to show you the result of the secureSWF encryption I wrote this basic class.

Before

package
{
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.display.StageAlign;
	import flash.display.StageQuality;
	import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
 
	public class Main extends Sprite
	{
		private var _draw:Sprite;
 
		public function Main()
		{
			super();
			configStage();
			createDraw();
			testFor();
		}
 
		private function testFor():void
		{
			for (var i:int = 0; i < 10; i++) 
			{
				trace(i);
			}
		}
 
		private function createDraw():void
		{
			_draw = new Sprite();
			addChild(_draw);
			_draw.graphics.beginFill(0xff0000);
			_draw.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
			_draw.graphics.endFill();
		}
 
		private function configStage():void
		{
			stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
			stage.quality = StageQuality.BEST;
			stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
		}
	}
}

After

package
{
	import flash.display.*;
 
	public class do extends Object
	{
		public function do(  )
		{
			var _local_1:boolen;
			var _local_2 = false<NULL&param2;
			if( _local_2&&_local_1 )
			{
			}
			if( _local_2 )
			{
				this.break();
				if( _local_2 )
				{
					this.if();
					if( _local_2&&_local_2 )
					{
						this. do();
					}
					return;
		}
		private function if(  ):void
		{
			var _local_1:boolen;
			var _local_2 = ^===<-^false++;
			if( _local_1 )
			{
				 case = new Sprite();
				if( _local_2&&this )
				{
				}
				addChild(this. case);
				if( _local_2&&_local_1 )
				{
					this. case.graphics.beginFill(16711680);
					if( _local_1 )
					{
						_local_2 = 0>0;
						drawRect(,this instanceof 0-0,100,100);
						this. case.graphics.endFill();
					}
				}
				return;
		}
		private var  case:Sprite;
		private function break(  ):void
		{
			var _local_1:boolen;
			var _local_2:Object;
			if( _local_2 )
			{
			}
			stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
			if( _local_2 )
			{
				stage.quality = StageQuality.BEST;
				if( 0-0||this )
				{
					stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
				}
				return;
		}
		private function  do(  ):void
		{
			var _local_2 = true as param2>=param2;
			var _local_3:boolen;
			var _local_1:int;
			while( _local_1<10 )
			{
			}
			return;
		}
	}
}

You can see, the result is very crazy, but the code executes exactly the same as the original. For this example I used the standard encryption preset (among other presets), but with more security settings my decompiler crashed. Very nice!!
Well, this example is the end of my post. I hope you like it. Any comment or suggestions will be welcomed.

Sponsored by secureSWF

GOOGLE SKY EXAMPLE (or press the image to go)

GOOGLE MOON EXAMPLE (or press the image to go)

GOOGLE MARS EXAMPLE (or press the image to go)

In this post I will explain how to use the Google Maps API.

1.- The first thing that you need is to get your API KEY
Go to http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

After read and accept the terms and conditions and give your domain name. You will get your key.

2.- The next step is download the library kit of google maps for actionscript and flex.
To download the kit CLICK HERE
The kit contains 2 .swc files with the library.

3.- With the key and api we are ready to start with the code. Create a new project and config the library path to read the swc file downloaded. In your Flash IDE press edit-preferences-actionscript- actionscript 3 and add the folder with your swc files.

4.- THE CODE.

var _map:Map = new Map();
_map.key = "ACA DEBEN PONER SU KEY";
_map.language = "es";
_map.setSize(new Point(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight));
_map.addEventListener(MapEvent.MAP_READY, onMapReady);
_map.y = 50;
addChild(_map);
 
function onMapReady(event:Event):void {
	_map.setCenter(new LatLng(40.736072, -73.992062), 14, MapType.NORMAL_MAP_TYPE);
}

With this simple code we have our example working.

I hope this post help you to understand how works the google maps API. Any question or suggestions are welcome

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsb76pva4s4

Read more about the project here:
http://julianoliver.com/levelhead

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//Create a video instance
video = new Video(640, 480);
//Get the camera reference.
camara = Camera.getCamera();
//setMode need 3 params, width, height and frame rate.
//Optianally you can set a boolean value at the end for the 	favorArea.
camara.setMode(640, 480, 30);
//put the camera in the video instance
video.attachCamera(camara);
addChild(video);

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