ZIM is an open source JavaScript Framework for the HTML Canvas. You code in a text editor and view the code in a Browser. You can make visually rich games, apps, art and sites. ZIM is powered by the wonderful CreateJS with many thanks to their team! Here are the ZIM site sections:
- LEARN tutorials on how to start and code in ZIM
- CODE ZIM Frame template and code context
- DOCS the objects and commands all defined
- NEWS latest features and articles
- ABOUT features, applications, archives, reviews, etc.
- EXAMPLES sample projects created in ZIM
When you have used ZIM for a while, we hope that you might support us on PATREON - come see the rewards and give Pragma a hand at her goal to get ZIM to the people!
See the DOCS for all features and the CODE section for special treats!
- One-line Drag and Drop
- Multitouch Pan, Pinch and Rotate
- Multiple Types of Hit Tests
- Buttons, Panes and Tabs
- Windows and Wrapable Text
- Shapes, Sliders and Steppers
- Waiters and ColorPickers
- Indicators, Dials and Pads
- Scalable Template Framework
- Chaining and Configuration Objects
- Easy Asset Loading
- Page and Layout Control
- Mobile Optimization
- Swipes and HotSpots
- Guides, Grids and Outlines
- Parallax, Scroll and Tiling
- Dynamic Sprite and Scrollers
- GamePad and Motion Controllers
- Particle Emitter and SoundWave
- Animation, Sequences and Damping
- 3D and Physics Support Libraries
- Multiuser and Asynchronous Calls
- Dynamic Bezier Blobs
- WebGL Support
Please see the WHY ZIM video and the EXAMPLES section for more:
- Desktop and Mobile Apps and Sites
- E-learning Applications
- Games and Puzzles
- Collages and Generative Art
- Simulations and Visualizations
- Interactive Logos
- Animated Infographics
- Gadgets and Tools
- Product Configurators
- Comic and Drawing Apps
- Teaching and Learning Code
- Mouse and Scroll Parallax
- Sliding Sites
- Interfaces and Components
- Fullscreen or Embedded
We are now on version 5 (VEE) of the ZIM site - which features ZIM VEE objects for dynamic parameters as well as renamed modules, GPU support and publication of our FIVE helper modules.
Here are the previous versions where ZIM 4TH gave us the ZIM 4TH methods for ZIM display objects. ZIM TRI gave us THREE meta functions: Async, Wonder and Distill. ZIM DUO gave us the ZIM DUO technique of passing regular parameters or a single configuration object. ZIM ONE gave us ZIM!
Here are a few comments people have left about ZIM - comments are always welcome!
Frank Los:
Ha... it's not easy to do responsive HTML5 Canvas. But we did it. Thanks to the great javascript library of ZIM.
Stacey Reiman:
Hey, ZIM is the most awesome library for making kids apps in JS that I think EXISTS!!! Thank you!!!
Paul Robert:
I just discovered Zim, and I agree that it is a fantastic canvas JS library.
Dima Nikolaev:
So great a tool. Such huge potential for the whole web - I see a bunch of apps, sites based on this tool in my head - which will help all people! Dan, it's a God Tool )) I think it's The Evolution step in the web. I am your fan from now ))
Fabio Cannioto:
Thank you ZIM. I currently develop with your great creation!!!
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ARTIST - Antonio Caggiano has illustrated and animated the Dr. Abstract and Pragma characters for ZIM. He is at the renowned Sheridan School of Animation and currently working on the Big Hero 6 show in Belgium.
FOUNDER - Dan Zen is a Canadian New Media Awards Programmer (2002) and Educator (2008) of the Year. Please visit his MUSEUM of Interactive Works - the front page of which is built in ZIM. He is also a Hamilton Arts Awards (2017) media arts winner for his work in ZIM including apps and visualizations.
Dan Zen teaches in the Interactive Media post-grad program at Sheridan College in Canada. He gives talks and workshops on code and creativity - send him an EMAIL.
FRIENDS - The ZIM team would like to thank all the coders, supporters and people making the environment in which we work! (click for links)
ZIM is made in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada - currently experiencing a cultural renaissance - but has been used in many countries like:
A logical model of life is called a Philosophy.
We have broken down life into Classes, Objects, Methods, Properties and Events with Object Oriented Programming (OOP). Programming basics of Variables give us memory, Conditionals give us logic and Randomness give us odds for emotions to allow us to recreate life with Simulations, Games and Artificial Intelligence.
This philosophical view is called NODISM and we are NODISTS when we code and part of the NODIST COLONY! The Node Globes (radial hierarchies) above represent actual fragments of HTML.
CREATIVITY FRAMEWORK
Please watch the INTRO VIDEO to the CREATIVITY FRAMEWORK where we see easy definitions and diagrams describing how code and indeed life is organized!
