Honestly, we can have that today. The real power of Flash was the fully integrated development environment. It was one of the first programming experiences I had, and all I needed to do amazing stuff was a book and a copy of Flash MX.
One of my own first programming experiences was when my dad bought me a copy of Dreamweaver and a book about it. To this day I still ponder what might have happened if I was instead given a copy of Flash instead.
