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Small Basic Guru Awards - April 2015
Looks like I was the lone champion for the Small Basic Guru Awards in April: Small Basic Technical...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/28/2015
Small Basic - File Tips
Today I will introduce some tips about File object in Small Basic. File.LastError Have you ever used...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/28/2015
Turtle Maze versus Hangman - a case for seamless sharing.
A lot of Small Basic programs use "Assets" in order to work, e.g. images, sound and text files. Key...
Author: Jibba Jabba Date: 05/21/2015
Small Basic - New Line
Today I'd like to introduce about new line (line break) codes of a multi-line text in Small Basic....
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/18/2015
Small Basic - Thar Be Dragons!!!
Over in the May challenges from LitDev:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/15/2015
GraphicsWindow Basics - Small Basic Featured Article
Check out this classic article from litdev: Small Basic: GraphicsWindow Basics Table of Contents...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/13/2015
Optimizing - Small Basic Featured Thread
Today, I'd like to introduce a Small Basic forum thread about Optimizing written by Ezra94. The...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/11/2015
Small Basic Challenges for May 2015 - Puzzles, Money, Capatcha, Files, & Dragons! Oh My!!!
Thanks to litdev for leading another rousing month of challenges! These challenges are intended for...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/08/2015
RESPONSE REQUEST: Small Basic Gurus Please Connect with Internet of Thinkers (aka TNWiki)
May the Thoughts be with you! Well, a small (and basic) nod there to Star Wars day, and we turn our...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/07/2015
Small Basic: My Ongoing Projects
Today, I'd like to introduce my ongoing Small Basic projects. Some of the projects have beta...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/05/2015
Kinect for Small Basic Quick Review
Today I will write a quick review about Kinect for Small Basic. At first, I bought Xbox One Kinect...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/03/2015
Help us prioritize your Small Basic 1.1 Known Issues (Bugs) and Feature Ideas!!!
Thank you everyone for your feedback about Small Basic! First, you can check out the Microsoft Small...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/28/2015
Slot Machines - Small Basic Featured Program
In LitDev's April Challenges:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/24/2015
Small Basic - Try out the New Kinect Extension!
We're trying out a Kinect Extension! NOTE: This will also work with the Xbox One Kinect Sensor and...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/22/2015
Advanced Turtle Graphics - Small Basic Featured Program
Today I will introduce an extended version of Turtle Graphics program written by qwx. This program...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 04/20/2015
Small Basic Guru Awards - March 2015
We had a great month of Small Basic Guru articles for March! Here are our winners... Small Basic...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/19/2015
Avancement du Portail Small Basic Français (fr-FR)
Bonjour à tous, Aujourd'hui la communauté française du Small Basic est heureuse...
Author: Yan Grenier - MTFC Date: 04/18/2015
Attention All Small Basic Gurus! Time to SPRING Into Action!
We still have 12 days to go in the April Small Basic Guru contest! April fools is out of the way;...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/18/2015
Turtle Graphics - Small Basic Featured Program
Today I will introduce my Turtle Graphics program written in Small Basic. This project was started...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 04/14/2015
Event Basics - Small Basic Featured Article
Today we're going to look at an incredibly helpful TechNet Wiki article from litdev: Small Basic:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/04/2015
Small Basic at the April 2015 TEALS Computer Science Field Trip
UPDATED: 2/4/19 - I added four more photos and a link to another blog, as we archive this event....
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/02/2015
Small Basic Challenges - April 2015
These challenges come from litdev and are intended for people who are learning to program for the...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/02/2015
Small Basic is Fun - The Flickr Object
With Small Basic 1.1, the Flickr object is fully functional. So I added this as a bullet to The...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/31/2015
Small Basic 1.1 Quick Review
Have you downloaded Small Basic 1.1 ? Today I will report about Small Basic 1.1. Installation...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 03/30/2015
Small Basic 1.1 est arrivé ! (fr-FR)
Depuis l'année dernière, nous avons commencé l'aventure du développement...
Author: Yan Grenier - MTFC Date: 03/29/2015
Battleship Games - Small Basic Featured Programs
In the March Challenges, litdev included this challenge: Game Challenge Write a battleships game....
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/28/2015
Small Basic 1.1 is here!
Starting last year, we began the journey of continuing development on Microsoft Small Basic. It's a...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/27/2015
Small Basic Featured Art - Japanese Hina Dolls
Today's art comes from Nonki Takahashi! Over in the March Challenge's Forum thread, Nonki submitted...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/27/2015
Small Basic Guru Awards - Feburary, 2015
Nonki defeated me! =^) Small Basic Technical Guru - February 2015 Nonki Takahashi Small Basic: Key...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/24/2015
TNWikiSummit15 Presentation: Small Basic and TechNet
International TechNet Wiki Summit 2015 was held on March 17 to 19, 2015 (GMT). Ed Price talked about...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 03/23/2015
Sudden Death - Featured Small Basic Game
Special thanks to Coding Cat for whipping up a fun little game in the March Challenges. Coding Cat...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/22/2015
TNWikiSummit15 Presentation: Small Basic Basics
Let's take a look at the Small Basic talk I gave this week at the International TechNet Wiki Summit...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/20/2015
Le Portail Français du Small Basic est ouvert (fr-FR)
Dans sa volonté d'être accessible au plus grand nombre, le Small Basic est disponible...
Author: Yan Grenier - MTFC Date: 03/18/2015
Learn My Keyboard - Small Basic Featured Program
Today I'd like to pick up a touch type learning game "Learn My Keyboard" written by Yan Grenier....
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 03/16/2015
Small Basic Challenges of the Month - March 2015
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/13/2015
Be our next Spring Small Basic Guru!
In the northern hemisphere at least, Spring is here! (apparently) And at TechNet Wiki, we're hoping...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/11/2015
TNWiki Summit 2015 - Small Basic and TechNet
The International TechNet Wiki Summit 2015 will be held on March 17 to 19 online. In this summit, I...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 03/10/2015
Spirograph in Small Basic
Have you played with Spirograph before? I loved this toy and played with it well when I was a child....
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 03/09/2015
16 x 16 Plain Portable Pixmap Editor - Small Basic Featured Program
Today, I'd like to introduce my Small Basic program Icon Editor 0.6b. This progam is a 16 x 16...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 03/02/2015
Small Basic V-Next - Fixing Bugs
So we've got a Small Basic 1.1 and Small Basic 1.2 planned! We can't give dates or guarantees, but...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 02/25/2015
Small Basic - International Resouces Update
This is the update of a post Small Basic International Resources - Featured Article which I wrote...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 02/23/2015
Curah! about Small Basic
Do you know "Curah!" - the curation web service by Microsoft about technology? I made two curation...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 02/18/2015
TechNet Wiki Article List - Small Basic Featured Article
Today I'd like to introduce a tool to create TechNet Wiki article list. Of course this program is...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 02/16/2015
UPDATE: Unique Features of Microsoft Small Basic
Over on this Wiki page: The Unique Features of the Small Basic Language I added two new Unique...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 02/15/2015
Bienvenido a Small Basic (es-ES)
Small Basic es un proyecto que está destinado a traer de vuelta a la "diversión" a la...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 02/14/2015
Small Basic Guru (February 2015) It's time for the TechNet Wiki Small Basic "Great Guru Love"! You too can be loved!
February at TechNet Wiki usually involves a lot of love... We love to read. We love to learn. We...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 02/10/2015
How does a Small Basic program run?
Today I will explain about how a Small Basic program runs. If you click [Run] button on the Small...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 02/09/2015
Small Basic Monthly Challenges (February 2015) - File Listing, Gravity Missiles, 2048, Icon Editor, MP3 Size Calculator, and Hangman!!!
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 02/04/2015