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The Official Blog of Microsoft Small Basic
This Week's Featured Program
It's that time again! This week's featured program is SPACE INVADERS! This fast-paced alien-killing...
Author: Qazwsxedc Qazwsxedc Date: 09/26/2012
The Blog is Back!
Hello everyone! It is my pleasure to announce that with the help of Ed Price, the Small Basic blog...
Author: Qazwsxedc Qazwsxedc Date: 09/25/2012
Small Basic 1.0 is here!
After more than two years of pre-release versions of Small Basic, we are finally releasing the 1.0...
Author: Sandra Aldana - MSFT Date: 07/12/2011
Small Basic v0.95 speaks another language!
Czech is now part of the Small Basic family and it is released for the first time in this latest...
Author: Sandra Aldana - MSFT Date: 02/08/2011
Small Basic Tutorials
If you are looking for a self-paced learning or teaching Small Basic tutorial, check out...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 08/16/2010
Teaching programming to kids
Lynn Langit and Llewellyn Falco are very active in the programming world, chasing their passion of...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/21/2010
Small Basic V0.9 is here!
Marking the 300k download milestone, comes the 9th installment of Small Basic, the fastest and the...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/11/2010
Tower of Hanoi
Alex, a 9 year old programmer from Russia has been learning programming using Small Basic, and has...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 04/26/2010
Sorting Visualization in Small Basic
Zeven, a Small Basic forumer has created a very cool sample that visualizes different sorting...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 04/19/2010
Optical Illusions
LitDev, a very active Small Basic Forum participant has started a thread with a bunch of Small Basic...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 03/29/2010
New home for Microsoft Small Basic
We’re pleased to announce that, after a great year of feedback and updates on Microsoft DevLabs,...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/24/2010
Sample of this week: Snake Bite
Snake Bite is a game created by Davey Wavey, inspired by the SNAKE BITE game on the ZX81. Check out...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/22/2010
Announcing Small Basic v0.8, again
We just announced the download availability of the 8th CTP of Small Basic. Check out...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/08/2010
Small Basic v0.8
The eigth and newest installment of Small Basic is now available for download! Check it out here (If...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/04/2010
Teaching Kids to Code – FREE classes in Jan 2010
Lynn Langit is an active proponent of Small Basic and has been responsible for changing thousands of...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 01/08/2010
Small Basic Programs in 25 lines
Note: All the programs listed below can be downloaded directly into Small Basic. Just import...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 11/14/2009
Graduating from Small Basic
You probably have heard of the "Graduate" feature introduced with the Small Basic v0.7. If you...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 10/25/2009
Happy Birthday Small Basic
Marking the first year anniversary since it went public, we're announcing the 7th release of Small...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 10/23/2009
Sample of the Week - SOko
This week's Small Basic sample of the week comes from kts99 who has written this beautiful game,...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 10/02/2009
Now available: Small Basic v0.6
We have a new version of Small Basic for download at https://smallbasic.com. This release adds German...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 08/19/2009
"Introducing Small Basic" manual available in German
Download from:...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 07/28/2009
Star Gates: Sample of the Week
This week's sample is an adventure in Space - a game called Star Gates, developed by BigDaddyo. This...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 07/15/2009
Sample of the week: Gorillas
About 20 years ago, Microsoft released MS-DOS 5, and with it shipped a programming language called...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 07/01/2009
Small Basic, now in Russian
The Russian localized version of Small Basic went live today, as v0.5.1. No other change has been...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/26/2009
Running localized versions of Small Basic
Have an English Operating System, but want to run the Spanish version of Small Basic? Yes, you can...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/25/2009
Color Picker
Color Picker by Suduadib is an example that shows the usage of arrays in Small Basic. You can import...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/23/2009
API Reference
The Small Basic API reference is now available at: https://doc.smallbasic.com/. With v0.5, you can...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/22/2009
Arrays in Small Basic
With version 0.5, Small Basic implements native support for arrays. This is a significant change...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/20/2009
Spanish Documentation now live
You can now download the Spanish version of "Introduction to programming" guide from:...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/17/2009
Small Basic V0.5 is here
Read more about it:...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/16/2009
The newest, leanest and the meanest is here!
The next installment of the Small Basic Community Previews is now available for download. Version...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 06/16/2009
Asteroids v2
Following the success of Asteroids v1, the community members have made interesting tweaks and...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 05/14/2009
Asteroids
This week's sample is Asteroids, written by Jason Jacques. It's a really fun game with tons of...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 05/12/2009
French Documentation is now available
The French version of "Introducing Small Basic" document is now available for download. Go get it...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 05/04/2009
What's new in v0.4 of Small Basic?
Here's a complete list of what's changed in v0.4. As usual, the fixes and features are based on what...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 04/16/2009
v0.4 of Small Basic says "Bonjour"
Here it is, finally, the next installment of Small Basic CTP. Once again, the new v0.4 version comes...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 04/14/2009
Sample of the week: Turn 'em Off
This week's sample is a "Lights Out" style game, developed by DanAwesome. The game can be imported...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 03/27/2009
Small Basic on Facebook
If you're on Facebook, check out the new group "Friends of Small Basic." Feel free to join the group...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 03/16/2009
Sample of the week: Super Pong
This week's sample is a two-dimensional version of Pong, with 4 paddles which makes it super fun!...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 03/13/2009
Learning Small Basic
Here's a cool blog post that teaches programming using Small Basic using a really nicely...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 03/04/2009
Sample of the Week: Bricks
This week's sample comes from Stendec, who has ported the classic Bricks game over to Small Basic....
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/13/2009
Announcing v0.3 again!
For some reason, my previous announcement didn't hit the front-page. Here it is again!...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/10/2009
Microsoft Small Basic v0.3 is here
The next iteration in Microsoft Small Basic's pre-release cycle is here. Once again, we've taken...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 02/10/2009
Small Basic is on Channel 9
Charles has just posted an expert-to-expert video interview on Small Basic. In this video we share...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 01/20/2009
The Turtle says Happy New Year
Check out https://bluewatersoft.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2009/01/post-ffce.html
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 01/04/2009
Tetris - Sample of the Week
Sample of this week is Small Basic Tetris, ported by Kenneth Kasajian. In all, the program is just...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 12/28/2008
Small Basic communities in Russian, Portuguese and Turkish
Community members around the world have put together blogs and forums in various languages. It's...
Author: Vijaye Raji Date: 12/23/2008