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LitDev's "Dynamic Graphics for Game Programming" - Small Basic Featured Article
This article from litdev is an introduction to graphical game programming using Small Basic. It...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/26/2014
Small Basic and Office Suite
Today, I'd like to talk about the relationship between Microsoft Small Basic and Microsoft Office...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 06/23/2014
Interview with a Small Basic Guru - Steve Todman (litdev)
We've interviewed litdev once here before. You can find that interview here: LitDev, Scottish MCC...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/22/2014
Small Basic - Hammer and Nails
One of the great things about Small Basic is that you have to be imaginative to solve problems,...
Author: litdev Date: 06/21/2014
Microsoft Small Basic Guru Award Winners! - May, 2014
The Small Basic Guru Awards celebrate the Small Basic articles on TechNet Wiki, contributed from...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/19/2014
Tap into Small Basic Forum
When you are learning Small Basic programming, you may stack on your debugging. I recommend to...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 06/16/2014
Small Basic - About Monthly Challenges
This is a few thoughts from writing Small Basic forum monthly challenges for 3 years. Initially they...
Author: litdev Date: 06/14/2014
Small Basic Getting Started Guide - Featured Article
New to Small Basic? Check out this Wiki article: Small Basic Getting Started Guide Get up-to-speed...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/13/2014
WhTurner33's Small Basic Hourglass - Featured Program
In our June Community Challenges:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/11/2014
SBJump - Small Basic Featured Program
A platform game SBJump has been produced by Coding Cat through Challenge of the Month - May 2014....
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 06/09/2014
The Small Basic category on TechNet Gallery
The Small Basic category/tag on TechNet Gallery is growing! You can see the items that have the most...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/06/2014
Small Basic Gurus: Your community needs heroes like you!
A little tongue-in-cheek, but here it goes... TechNet Gurus... we salute you! You're awesome, and we...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 06/05/2014
Conditon in Small Basic
Introduction Today, I'd like to write about condition in Small Basic. I hope this information make...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 06/02/2014
Small Basic - Dudeson's Smoke
Thinking back over some of the most innovative Small Basic contributors of the past brings to mind...
Author: litdev Date: 05/31/2014
History of Microsoft Small Basic - Featured Article
Congratulations to Nonki Takahashi for winning the Small Basic Technical Guru Gold Medal for April!...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/28/2014
How do you get an image for your program?
To create your program, you sometimes need appropriate images for example game characters. You may...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/26/2014
Small Basic - Database Extension
Over the years a few people have written simple databases in Small Basic saving data in a text file,...
Author: litdev Date: 05/24/2014
Small Basic Guru Awards!! (April 2014)
Congratulations to Nonki, Nonki, and Nonki! =^) I tried to stop the triple threat! I'll try again...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/21/2014
Calendar Program originally written in 1986 for F-BASIC and 8-bit micro computer FM-7
On Monday, Nonki posted What is your first Small Basic program? Based on this Small Basic forum post...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/20/2014
SideScroller - Small Basic Featured Program
Last month's challenges had vertical scrollers and so this month I suggested a platform type game....
Author: litdev Date: 05/20/2014
What is your first Small Basic program?
Following article in Small Basic Forum was written by Zock77 in this February.post your First SB...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/19/2014
Why Johnny Can't Code
Going back to the very first Small Basic blog post written in 2006 by the author of Small Basic,...
Author: litdev Date: 05/17/2014
How Long should I use Small Basic before taking on a Big language?
There’s always something to think about in the world of Small Basic and one topic likely to...
Author: Jibba Jabba Date: 05/16/2014
Small Basic Fonts (featured article)
This article explains fonts for the GraphicsWindow object in Microsoft Small Basic: Small Basic:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/14/2014
Small Basic Videos
Today, I'd like to introduce my favourite videos about Small Basic. Have fun! 1. Developer Videos...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/12/2014
Small Basic - Pulse Position Modulation Extension
First a bit of background... Zock77, a frequent Forum contributor and game maker posted a question...
Author: litdev Date: 05/10/2014
Small Basic - Array Basics (featured Wiki article)
Check out this article from litdev: Small Basic: Array Basics What is an Array? Any array is a...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/09/2014
Small Basic Featured Program - AutoUpdater version 2.0 released
September last year, Timo Söchtig released a small snippet which contained an automatic update...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/07/2014
Small Basic Mayday! A Small Basic Guru is urgently required, for love and glory from all the community!
Mayday! Mayday! A distress signal is being sent out to all past, present and future Gurus! We need...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/06/2014
Small Basic Types
There are a bunch of SmallBasic enthusiasts lined up for blogging here, so you can expect more...
Author: litdev Date: 05/03/2014
Small Basic Challenge of the Month - May 2014
Another month of challenges from LitDev! Share your results in our forum:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 05/02/2014
Small Basic Community Council started Twitter
Hello, I'm a new writer of this blog. Today, I'd like to introduce a new Twitter account presented...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 05/02/2014
Chess Clock!!! - Small Basic Featured Program
Continuing the tradition started by VIjay back in October 2008 (Sample of the Week), here is our...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/30/2014
Small Basic at the April 2014 TEALS Computer Science Student Field Trip
We were there! But we weren't alone... There were 1,200 JH and HS kids there! Here we are at our...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/29/2014
A Math Worksheets Generator
So, I finally got tired of my son's dismal math performance at school, and decided to be more...
Author: Ray FAST Date: 04/29/2014
Why do you continue to use Small Basic? - An EPIC ANSWER
Let's ask that question to our community member, Jibba Jabba. Here's his response: "I think it's...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/28/2014
binary to decimal converter - Small Basic Featured Program (by WhTurner33)
Let's let WhTurner33 introduce the program! You can try it out here:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/24/2014
Small Basic Guru Awards!! (March 2014)
All the awards go to Nonki this month! Small Basic Technical Guru - March 2014 Nonki Takahashi Small...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/19/2014
Small Basic: Reference Documentation - 21 ARTICLES!!!
So this is actually more like a TOC of many articles: Small Basic: Reference Documentation Or you...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/14/2014
Featured Small Basic Game - NaochanON's "Dodge This!!!"
Here it is: https://smallbasic.com/smallbasic.com/program/?TWN285-0 New game from NaochanON! This is...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/09/2014
April Fools Day 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...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/05/2014
Small Basic - April Challenges! (no fooling)
A brand new set of challenges from litdev... These challenges are intended for people who are...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 04/01/2014
The Adventures of BARREL APE in Small Basic World!!! - by Nonki
First, it started with the Small Basic monthly challenges from LitDev:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/26/2014
A Brief History of BASIC
The BASIC language was developed in the early 1960's at Dartmouth College as a device for teaching...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/22/2014
How do you program "Hello World" in Small Basic?
Like this... TextWindow.WriteLine("Hello World") TextWindow is an Object/ClassWriteLine is a...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 03/20/2014