Small Basic is FREE!!!
Yeah, it's free. Give yourself a gift. Or give a kid a future in computer software that they might not otherwise have. Just click:What is Small Basic? Well... Small Basic is Fun, Simple, Social, &...
View ArticleSmall Basic November 2013 Guru Winners!
The TechNet Guru Awards celebrate the technical articles on TechNet, contributed from valued wiki authors like YOU!Each month, the contributions are scored by a panel of judges (5 per category, 2-3 in...
View ArticleLitDev's "Small Basic: Dynamic Graphics" - Featured Article!
Check out LitDev's November gold medal winner for the Small Basic Guru contest:Small Basic: Dynamic Graphics This is also LitDev's first gold medal! So congrats go to LitDev! Here is an excerpt section...
View ArticleSmall Basic Interview - Nonki Takahashi!
Welcome to our interview with Nonki Takahashi!In the TechNet Guru contest (for Small Basic), Nonki has 4 gold medals and 8 total medals (see TechNet Guru: The Most Frequent Award Winners). Who are...
View Article4 Color Pattern Game - Small Basic Featured Program
This game came from the December Challenges here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/39673f2b-1f37-465e-9401-c66455aff42a/challenge-of-the-month-december-2013?forum=smallbasic Game...
View ArticleBecome our FIRST Microsoft TechNet Small Basic Guru of 2014!!
Happy New Year!Time for a fresh start!We're looking for the first Gurus of 2014!!This is your chance to make your mark on the Microsoft developer community. All you have to do is add an article to...
View ArticleSmall Basic Portal - Featured TechNet Wiki article
Wiki: Small Basic PortalThis article is a portal that categorically lists all the Small Basic articles that are on TechNet Wiki. Please add more Wiki articles about Small Basic here:Wiki: Small Basic...
View ArticleSmall Basic Featured Game - Death Valley by GoToLoop
From Jibba Jabba... "I'd like feature GoToLoop's conversion of "Death Valley" for the TextWindow.It's a classic piece of code that demonstrates advanced use of the TextWindow producing an informative...
View ArticleSpread the Love! Be our Small Basic TechNet Guru, this Valentine's Day / Month
TechNet loves you! We love your contributions at TechNet Wiki sooo much that we give you more than just love in return...We give you NOTORIETY, GLORY... and VIRTUAL MEDALS!That's not all, this love we...
View ArticleSmall Basic Challenges of the Month! February 2014
It's time for another set of Small Basic challenges! Thanks to LitDev for hosting this. And...Have fun! These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for...
View ArticleThe Developer’s Reference Guide to Small Basic - The First 5 Chapters
So a good Reference Guide is always appreciated!And that's why Phil Conrod was good enough to write one for us and then to allow us to upload the first five chapters! You can find the first five...
View ArticleSmall Basic Challenges of the Month - March 2014
These challenges come our way from litdev.The challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning to programming who want to start using Small...
View ArticleSmall Basic Guru - Spring Forward!!!
You can be our next Spring Small Basic Guru!!!In the northern hemisphere at least, Spring is here! (apparently) And at TechNet Wiki, we're hoping you're all hatching new ideas for this month's TechNet...
View ArticleSmall Basic Guru Awards - February 2014
Congratulations to Nonki and Joe for their February contributions! These are the Small Basic results for the TechNet Guru Awards, February 2014 !!!! You can find all the awards here: TechNet Guru...
View ArticleSmall Basic Featured Article - Grammar Basics
LitDev and Nonki have been helping us build a strong library of Small Basic content on TechNet Wiki.Please check out this article from litdev:Small Basic: Grammar Basics This article describes the main...
View ArticleHow do you program "Hello World" in Small Basic?
Like this... TextWindow.WriteLine("Hello World") TextWindow is an ObjectWriteLine is a Method, the brackets show that this method needs some data to work with - in this case, what to write."Hello...
View ArticleA Brief History of BASIC
The BASIC language was developed in the early 1960's at Dartmouth College as a device for teaching programming to “ordinary” people. There is a reason it’s called BASIC:B (Beginner's)A (All-Purpose)S...
View ArticleThe Adventures of BARREL APE in Small Basic World!!! - by Nonki
First, it started with the Small Basic monthly challenges from...
View ArticleSmall Basic - April Challenges! (no fooling)
A brand new set of challenges from litdev...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 using...
View ArticleApril fools is out of the way; now let's find a Small Basic April Genius!
Special thanks to XAML guy for hosting this contest! The name "April" is derived from the Latin verb "aperire", meaning "to open" in reference to being the season when trees & flowers start to...
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