Guru! Where are you? Time for the March 2017 Microsoft Small Basic Guru awards!
Also, where is Scooby Doo? March 2017 Small Basic Guru, it’s time to share great skills as a TechNet Wiki article and WIN medal(s). Medals? Yes, you can share multiple articles in the same or different...
View ArticleTinkering Arduino and Small Basic
Last October, I wrote about Arduino Sample Programs in this blog. After that I posted a thread to summarize Arduino programs in Small Basic forum. Today I will introduce some images of programs in the...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Train
Today, I’d like to introduce Small Basic programs that show trains. Bit Train Games BPF583 by Tryhest click on left lever to select train path click on right lever to open/close path Choo Choo Anim...
View ArticleSmall Basic Game Programming – Bowling Game
I wrote a bowling game program for Challenge of the Month – March 2017. So, today, I’d like to introduce how to write a bowling game in Small Basic. Create Images At first, I made two images – pin and...
View ArticleMicrosoft partners with IGNITE Worldwide to teach 54 High School girls how to...
How’s that for a blog title? Microsoft Small Basic is partnering with IGNITE Worldwide to run workshops that teach girls to code! In 6 workshops (from February to May), we’ll teach 414 girls to code!...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Quilt Show Case
Quilt program is one of community challenges this month. Let’s go through the posted quilt programs. CMR707 by Evelyn Rothman JLP150 by Nonki CSQ869 by NaochanON CSQ869-1 by Tryhest FSM153 by NaochanON...
View ArticleBig News! Small Basic available on Windows App Store!
Bring out the trumpets! Roll out the red carpet! We’ve got big news for you today, because Small Basic 1.2 is now available on the Windows App Store! That’s right, you can go download it directly...
View ArticleLearn Small Basic
Are you ready to continue learning about Small Basic? Here are lots of options! Curriculum Books: Learn to Program with Small Basic – by Ed Price (me) and Majed Marji 7 Small Basic books from Computer...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Challenges of the Month (April 2017)
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 Small Basic. Some will be easy, some will be hard...
View ArticleCalling All Wise Men and Women! Small Basic Gurus Needed! Apply Within! No...
With April fools out of the way, now let’s find an April genius! The name “April” is derived from the Latin verb “aperire“, meaning “to open” in reference to being the season when trees & flowers...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Multilayered Perceptron
This is the continued story from Small Basic – Artificial Neuron. Last time, I told about simple perceptron (artificial neuron) can become such as OR, AND and NAND operations. Single perceptron is...
View ArticleSmall Basic with PowerShell
Do you know that a Small Basic program can be run as a command? Today I’d like to introduce my CUI (character user interface) program WordList (BKM132-2) and how it will work with PowerShell. WordList...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Binary Quiz
Are you familiar to binary? Today I will introduce a binary quiz program BGH855-1. Guess hexadecimal or decimal from binary. Have fun. See Also binary to decimal converter – Small Basic Featured...
View ArticleTalking Small Basic at the 2017 TEALS Puget Sound CS Fair
On April 21st, Ed, Holly and I talked Small Basic with around 1700 high school computer science students (and their teachers!) at the 2017 TEALS Puget Sound CS Fair. It was a blast! We had a range...
View ArticleBook Info + Reviews: “The Developer’s Reference Guide to Microsoft Small...
Several years ago Philip Conrod and Lou Tylee teamed up together to write and publish The Developer’s Reference Guide to Microsoft Small Basic. Kidware Software has actually published seven Small...
View ArticleSmall Basic Challenges of the Month – May 2017
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 Small Basic. Some will be easy, some will be hard...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Musical Score
Once I wrote a program FQH921-0 to show a musical score for Challenge of the Month – March 2016. Today I rewrote this program not to use PNG file but to use Unicode characters. The new program is...
View ArticleMicrosoft Small Basic Gurus Needed for May 2017! Apply Within! No One Turned...
May is under way! And the Guru early birds are showing the way! Could this be the month that we see the best ever TechNet article in the WORLD!!? You could be thinking it right now words of wisdom that...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Pictionary Project
I started new project especially for non-native kids to understand Small Basic keywords with pictures. Purpose Small Basic is a programming language for kids. Little difficult to understand English...
View ArticleDecatur HS Computer Science Club: Small Basic Workshop
Ed and Liz took their show (er, workshop) on the road and taught Small Basic to some amazing students in the Decatur High School Computer Science Club on May 17th for the next-to-last...
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