Congratulations to Nonki Takahashi for winning the Small Basic Technical Guru Gold Medal for April!
Nonki's cartoony self-portrait was made from a Paint-like program that he wrote himself, from Small Basic:
Here is his winning article:
History of Microsoft Small Basic
This is an interesting section from that article:
Books Published
| 2010-07-01 | Beginning Microsoft Small Basic |
| 2010-07-01 | Computer Bible Games for Small Basic |
| 2010-09-01 | Developer's Reference Guide to Small Basic |
| 2010-09 | Basic Computer Games - Small Basic Edition |
| 2011-06-15 | はじめての Small Basic (Japanese) |
| 2011-08-02 | Small Basic fur Kids (German) |
| 2011-12-10 | Small Basic で let's プログラミング (Japanese) |
| 2011-12-31 | David Ahl's Small Basic Computer Adv. |
| 2013-02-18 | Programming Home Projects with Small Basic |
| 2013-02-18 | Programming Games with Small Basic |
| 2013-08-11 | Computer Bible Games for Small Basic (Color Edition) |
| 2013-11-20 | Principles of Programming (using Small Basic) |
| 2013-11-24 | Teaching Kids to Program with Small Basic |
And here are all the April winning articles for Small Basic again...
 | Small Basic Technical Guru - April 2014 |
| Nonki | History of Microsoft Small Basic | RZ: "This is very impressive. Though not technical in nature, those are invaluable information!" Ed Price: "I'll jump in and comment but not vote (we had enough voting but not comments). This is a nice jump into the history of Small Basic! I sweetened it up a bit by adding the Blogs and Books sections. After we get all the major blog posts in there with the links, it will act as a really fun trip into the history of Small Basic! A great idea that would be fun for any product!" |
| Nonki | Small Basic: Default Value | MH: "Great overview on the default values of the Smallbasic IDE. Good point for awareness too, since those values impact the way you work with the IDE." RZ: "Very useful info. This is true for any programming language, not just SB." Ed Price: "This lists the default values for all the methods with associated parameters! A great reference that people will want to return to!" |
| Nonki | Small Basic: Object | Ed Price: "Objects are key for Small Basic. This article does a great job visually showing some UI-related details. And then I helped sweeten it a bit by linking each object in the Object List to its reference page (also on TechNet Wiki). So it's a nice overview. Great article!" MH: "Good basic explanation of the concept of Objects in Smallbasic and a handy overview of which we have. Hopefully we can add more." |
Nonki won all three medals for April! He's been a valuable contributor to the Small Basic community!
- Ninja Ed