I have no idea about computer language and codes. But for flipbook functions, you can take a view of Kvisoft Flip Book Maker Pro, which offers many functionalities for designing flipbook.
Hope it helps!
Last edited by mmullany; 8 Jun 2012 at 1:23 PM.
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I am currently creating a custom script that can be loaded into Sencha Animator (as load js in <head>)
This hold a number of functions that let's you extend it to a more magazine style site (popups, Sound Libraries, a small curl effect in the corner of the page, a dynamic index page etc)
There is also this nice Javascript Flipbook type of thing which I could add to the code if wanted (http://prdvanzadel.com/examples/flipbook/), but it's more a side project at our company so I don't know when I will be finished.