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Small Basic Featured Program - Turtle Maze
This is an image only... (Click here to play the game.)What fun! You can only do a few things though...Click Next to change the maze.Click Start to watch the Turtle go crazy as he turns left as his...
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Small Basic Tutorial: Creating Your First Program
Today we have a guest blogger: Noah Buscher! Check out Noah's first tutorial... about your first Small Basic program. Small Basic is a .NET language created by Microsoft. It allows the beginner...
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WINNER: Best Small Basic Contributor on TechNet Wiki - Nonki Takahashi
First, I'd like you to meet... Nonki Takahashi As many of you already know, we've had a contest for Small Basic content on TechNet Wiki:Small Basic - New TechNet Wiki Contest!!!Nonki was our winner...
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Small Basic Interview - Liam McSherry (C#, C++, D, & Small Basic)
Welcome to our first interview where we interview folks from the Small Basic community! We're starting with the winner of our contest to write Small Basic articles on TechNet Wiki.Liam's Profile Who...
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Why Learn Small Basic?
Today, we have a special guest blogger, Philip Conrod! He is sharing with us an excerpt from their book for kids, Beginning Microsoft Small Basic by Philip Conrod and Lou Tylee. This section is...
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Windows Forms I/O Extension for Small Basic
New Version 2.0 - Please download it here as part of the larger I/O Extension: http://ioextension.codeplex.com/New features/changes to the Web Forms in version 2.0:Chart controlChanged the class's name...
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Who should we interview next for the Small Basic blog?
Our first interview was with Liam McSherry. Please go check it out! So who do you think we should interview from the Small Basic community? Also, what questions should we ask them?Respond in the...
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Small Basic Interview - Philip Conrod (Visual Basic, Assembler, Pascal,...
Today I am interviewing Philip Conrod. Philip has co-authored, edited and published several Microsoft Small Basic programming books and tutorials with his friend and colleague, Lou Tylee. Some of...
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Small Basic for Little Kids Series #01 – A Typing Game
It’s always fun to teach the little ones to learn and do something.Teaching programming is no different. As previously mentioned, I have been on the lookout for a fun and low-barrier language for...
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Color Memory Game - Today's Featured Small Basic Program
Here is an image of the game:You can find the game here, in the Small Basic Program Gallery. The game was developed by Martmen.What's your high score? Leave the answer in the comments!Enjoy!- Tall...
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Microsoft's History with BASIC (Altair 8800, TRS-80 Color Computer)
A Brief History of Small BasicToday, we have a guest blogger, Philip Conrod! He is sharing with us an excerpt from their book for kids, Beginning Microsoft Small Basic by Philip Conrod and Lou Tylee....
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Small Basic Code Block Generator: How to format a Code Block
Today's guest blogger is Nonki Takahashi. You can find the latest version of this article here on TechNet Wiki. This article is especially for the Small Basic article writer on TechNet Wiki. It...
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Small Basic TeamChallenge - Tower Defense Game (VOTE TO SEE WHO WINS!!!)
Small Basic community member Timo Sö had a winning idea: to start a TeamChallenge competition. The challenge was to create a "Tower Defense Game" in one week. They developed their games from 12/3/2010...
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Small Basic - The Happy Number Challenge
As part of LitDev's December Challenges, Nonki suggested this Happy Number challenge:"Calculate happy numbers below 1000." Read more about Happy Numbers.Math Man wasted no time in contributing this...
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Tanks Game - Small Basic Featured Program
Today's game comes from Behnam Azizi.Here's a screenshot of Tanks Game:Download Tank Game from TechNet GalleryAnd be sure to rate the game too!Instructions:At the beginning, each player places their...
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Christmas Trees - Small Basic Featured Programs
As part of LitDev's December Challenges, Nonki suggested this Christmas Tree challenge:"Draw a Christmas tree - how about with flashing lights."First here's NaochanON's version:Watch the program...
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Small Basic Interview - LitDev, Scottish MCC & Forum Moderation Ninja...
Today's Small Basic Interview is with LitDev! I've gotten a lot of requests to interview Steve, so here we are! He is a Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC). LitDev is the primary moderator of the...
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Block Smasher - Small Basic Featured Program
Today's post is a combination of a guest blog and a featured program! It comes from Behnam Azizi. In Behnam's words...Here is the new version of my old game I used to call "Breaker". Since It had the...
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LED Display - Small Basic Featured Program
Today's featured program is the LED Display from Amir CPS. Thanks to LitDev for nominating the program here.The Forum thread that explains this program (and gives you the...
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Small Basic for Little Kids Series #02 – Loop
The single most important concept in programming is loop, I think. And yet, it's (usually) not an easy concept for kids to grasp. I remember when I was young, I had to struggle with the idea of loop...
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