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'''Revolution''' is a software development environment/multimedia authoring software in the tradition of [[HyperCard]] and is based on the [[MetaCard]] engine. Its primary focus is on providing a relatively accessible development tool set and [[scripting language]] that enable the creation of software programs that run across multiple platforms with little or no code modifications. The [[Integrated development environment|Integrated Development Environment]] (IDE) included with Revolution is built partly on the models created by [[Bill Atkinson]] and the original HyperCard team at [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and subsequently followed by many other software development products, such as [[Microsoft]]'s [[Visual Basic]]. Revolution includes an English language-like scripting language called [[Transcript (programming language)|Transcript]], a full programming language superset of the HyperCard's scripting language, [[HyperTalk]].

The higher-grade versions (see '''Versions''', below), allow applications to be compiled to run on more than one platform, including [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] (Classic or [[Mac OS 9]], and [[Mac OS X]]), [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Unix-like]] systems including [[Linux]]. It can also import HyperCard stacks, which require little or no modification unless they use external functions, which generally do not work in Revolution.

Revolution is designed to be an environment where non-programmers feel at ease and programmers feel not too uncomfortable (after getting used to "non-traditional" programming syntax). Like any programming language or development environment, opinions as to the degree to which those aims have been achieved vary greatly.