Small Basic Challenges of the Month – October 2017
Big thanks to LitDev for continuing to host these monthly challenges! And to all the community for contributing and helping each other out! You can contribute to the challenges by posting your...
View Article9th Anniversary of Small Basic
Today is the special day for Microsoft Small Basic. Happy Birthday Small Basic!! This program ID is SFF730-1. See Also Happy Birthday Small Basic - The 8th Anniversary (2016) Small Basic 1.2 - Release...
View ArticleDraw a Picture of Halloween with Small Basic
Let's draw a picture of Halloween with Small Basic. Happy Halloween! This program ID is TGR736.
View ArticleWrite a new year greeting program in Small Basic
Hi everyone. It's time to write a new year greeting program in Small Basic. This is my first trial for 2018 (TGT557). Please show me your greeting. Thanks!
View ArticleGUI Designer – Small Basic Featured Program
Today I'd like to introduce GUI Designer which is created by Roshan Kumar Priya who is a 7th grade student (age 11). This program allows you to create Small Basic GUI. And the description by Roshan...
View ArticleSlide Show with Small Basic
I made two programs that have slide show effects written in Small Basic. One is just slide. The program ID is NFR093. The other one is like shutter. The program ID is RPZ071. Note that these programs...
View ArticleCompose Your Own Music with Small Basic
Hi everyone. I wrote two programs to compose music (?). The first one shows the MML. The program ID is SXM582. . The second one shows the keys with animation. The program ID is LFD762. Let's compose...
View ArticleHow to find author from Flickr URL with Small Basic
I sometimes upload my program screen shots with Flickr pictures. At that time, I always check the copyright of each picture. For that purpose I wrote a sample program to get original URL from return...
View ArticleFace Animation with Small Basic
I wrote a program to draw faces with animation. The program ID is TDL115. Let's modify this program and draw our original faces!
View ArticleSmall Basic Reference Updated in TechNet Wiki
I updated an TechNet Wiki article which contains Small Basic Dictionary object reference. To update this article, I wrote a program SHQ268. This program parses SmallBasicLibrary.xml (help file) and...
View ArticleReading and Writing HTML with Small Basic
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a rich text format used in the internet. You can see the rendered text with a browser. A HTML file is a kind of text file. So Small Basic can read and write them....
View ArticleTraffic Jam Simulation with Small Basic
I wrote a program which simulates traffic jam. The idea is from Dr. Nishinari's mathematical research. The program ID is FHC281. Let's learn maths with Small Basic!
View ArticleSmall Basic Monthly Challenges – April 2018
Big thanks to LitDev for hosting our monthly challenges! These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning to programming who want to start...
View ArticleWho will be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read more about April...
What is TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the best articles posted that month. This is your chance to be announced as MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY GURU OF...
View ArticleShapes Editor using Polygon for Small Basic
Thanks to NaochanON for writing this blog and Tryhest for contributing updates. More details on Small Basic forum. Shapes Editor Several Shape editors have been proposed so far, but shape modification...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Draw Circle Game
I made a game how accurate circle to draw with mouse. The program ID is FGM527. Usage: Draw a circle with mouse. Push [OK] button. Check your score. Push [OK] button to continue. Have fun with a Small...
View ArticleSmall Basic Prime (extended IDE)
Introduction Gungan37 created a great extended Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Small Basic back in 2013 (called SB++). It had some nice features and looked really good. Over the years it...
View ArticleHelper to solve Chaos Su Do Ku – Small Basic featured program
Today I'd like to introduce a program written by ErmiteUrbain. ErmiteUrbain wrote a program to help to solve Chaos Sudoku. The program ID is PTX661. And the information is uploaded in a forum thread...
View ArticleMethod to Convert Binary
Today I'd like to introduce a table to understand how to convert between decimal and binary. ErmiteUrbain made a table to show how Amir CPS's converter THJ835-1 works. ErmiteUrbain also rewrote Amir's...
View ArticleMatch Colours or Symbols – Small Basic Featured Program
Today's featured program is "Match colours or symbols" written by Glenn Broadway. Glenn wanted to learn how to use OnKeyDown and OnMouseDown events in the GraphicsWindow so he wrote a simple matching...
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