Small Basic – International Resources Update 2017
This is an update summary of a TechNet Wiki article Small Basic: International Resources. The asterisk (*) marks are new from June 2016. In IDE (Small Basic Environment), 4 more languages are...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Syntax Highlighter
I wrote a code block formatter SKC235-2 mainly for TechNet Wiki article. This tool was used also for this blog. But after MSDN blogs changing to WordPress platform, following issues have came up....
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Other Small Basic Systems
There are some other Small Basic programming language systems. Today, I will introduce three Small Basic systems. Fun Basic Fun Basic is a Windows Store App written by Phil Trelford. Fun Basic...
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Finish June Strong – Small Basic Challenges and Guru Wiki Contest!
First of all, what are the June Small Basic Challenges? Challenge of the Month – June 2017 These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning...
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Small Basic – Textbox UX (Part 2)
Question: How to show entered words in textbox on any other coordinate “after pressing enter key” was asked by msdn.yogesh last October in Small Basic forum. And yesterday he asked again: how can i do...
View ArticleSmall Basic: Teaching Girls to Code! -- What are we doing and where are we...
Small Basic is focusing on teaching girls to code. As we build improvements like the online version we describe in this video, the improvements are also beneficial as we teach boys as well as girls....
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Small Basic Challenges of the Month - July 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...
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Who will be announced the next Microsoft Small Basic Guru? Read more about...
What is Small Basic 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...
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Small Basic - Graduate with VS2017
I wrote a TechNet Wiki article about Instructions to Graduate and Debug with Visual Studio 2017. This is the way from Small Basic to the newest programming environment. Have fun!
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Book Info + Reviews: “Beginning Microsoft Small Basic: A Computer Programming...
Beginning Microsoft Small Basic: A Computer Programming Tutorial (Kindle Version @ Amazon.com) “The Beginning Microsoft Small Basic Programming Tutorial by Philip Conrod and Lou Tylee is a fun read...
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Small Basic 1.3 available now!
Small Basic 1.3 is now available to download from the Windows Store! We've got some great new features, including support for three new languages, a new Startup Help page when it loads, and of course,...
View ArticleSmall Basic 1.3 Quick Review
Small Basic 1.3 was released on August 7. It's very easy to install from Microsoft Store. Small Basic 1.3 has Small Basic Quick Guide in the help pane. The icon displayed in task bar has been...
View ArticleSmall Basic – Mystery of Round Operation
Computer calculation always has some errors. I wrote following program to investigate how Math.Round operation works. Guess what type of errors occur in following case....
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Last week of the August 2017 Small Basic 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 using Small Basic. Some will be easy, some will be hard...
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Computer Science in Education: Women and Men Brains
The subject title "Women and Men Brains" sounds like promotional messaging for zombies. =^) Liz tweeted out this article:...
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Play with micro:bit and Small Basic
BBC micro:bit is a small board computer for kids. Today I'd like to introduce two programs that communicate between a micro:bit and a PC. The micro:bit side program is thermometer which is programed...
View ArticleYou can be a girl who writes code and wears makeup
I shared the below on Twitter a few days ago, because I think it's important that as we teach kids to code with Small Basic, we maintain an "and" philosophy. You can be a girl who writes code and wears...
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Small Basic Guru – Winning Articles for July 2017
Welcome to the July 2017 Small Basic Guru awards! Nonki's article about graduating to Visual Studio 2017 takes the top spot this month! Small Basic Technical Guru - July 2017 Nonki Takahashi Small...
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Who will be announced the next Microsoft Small Basic Guru? Read more about...
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...
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Small Basic with Xamarin Workbooks
This post introduces Microsoft Small Basic within a Xamarin Workbooks Environment. Xamarin Workbooks is a free, open-source learning environment that has assisted thousands of Windows users in learning...
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