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The Official Blog of Microsoft Small Basic
Uppercase or Lowercase in Small Basic
Small Basic language itself is case-insensitive. So, for example, variable name number and Number...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 10/09/2014
Small Basic: Difference between Local and Remote - Featured Article
After publishing your program to Small Basic listing server, you may find problems in your program...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 10/06/2014
Small Basic Challenges of the Month - October 2014
Special thanks to LitDev, as always, for hosting these challenges for us! These challenges are...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 10/05/2014
Small Basic International Resources - Featured Article
Today I'd like to introduce TechNet Wiki article "Small Basic: International Resources". There are...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 10/02/2014
Small Basic: Did you Know? - Featured Article
Today we'll take a look at a fantastic TechNet Wiki article from Nonki Takahashi: Small Basic: Did...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 09/30/2014
Shadow Boxing - Featured Small Basic Program
Today, I will introduce a Small Basic program Shadow Boxing written by NaochanON. In this program, a...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 09/29/2014
Small Basic - Flood Fill
A recent Small Basic post about filling a region left by Turtle trails revived an old flood fill...
Author: litdev Date: 09/27/2014
Small Basic - Shortcuts
Keyborard shortcuts are combination of keys pushing at the same time to do some functions. There are...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 09/22/2014
Small Basic Featured Program - Gravity Simulator
This is a Gravity Simulation by Zock77, the import code is FHS907. It includes self interaction...
Author: litdev Date: 09/20/2014
Small Basic - GetSettingsFilePath
There are only 16 keywords and 20 objects in Small Basic, and I've been playing with Small Basic for...
Author: litdev Date: 09/13/2014
Small Basic 1.0 Known Issues - Do we have them all?
Hi! We're looking through the Small Basic 1.0 Known Issues: Known Issues about Microsoft Small Basic...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 09/11/2014
How do you get a sound for your program?
When you create programs such like games, how do you get sounds for them? One way is to use preset...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 09/08/2014
Small Basic - Traffic Light Challenge
One of this month's forum challenges was to create a traffic light system. Graphics Challenge 2 Draw...
Author: litdev Date: 09/06/2014
Brighten up everyone's day! Become a shining September Small Basic Guru!
As we in the Northern hemisphere watch the leaves turn brown, and the days grow shorter once more,...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 09/05/2014
Small Basic Challenges for September - Traffic Light, Array from CSV, and a Stick Fighting Game!
Special thanks to LitDev for hosting these challenges! These monthly challenges are intended for...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 09/02/2014
Join the Big Challenge project - Small Basic Marionette
From today, the new Big Challenge started in Small Basic forum. Why don't you join this challenge?...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 09/01/2014
Small Basic - Transparent GraphicsWindow
I recently added a feature to the LitDev Extension to create a completely transparent...
Author: litdev Date: 08/30/2014
99 Bottles of Rootbeer (Small Basic Featured Program)
In our August challenge:...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/26/2014
Small Basic - Physics for Marionette Challenge
A 'Big ' Challenge for groups of programmers has been created by Nonki. We are recruiting during...
Author: litdev Date: 08/23/2014
Microsoft Small Basic Guru Awards - July 2014 WINNERS!!!
Nonki and I were the only contributors this month, but a special thanks go out to Nonki for really...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/20/2014
Small Basic Game Programming - Shooting Game
In Challenge of the Month - August 2013, there were following two challenges. Game Challenge Write a...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 08/18/2014
Small Basic - TextWindow Cursor Positioning
We can write to the TextWindow using Write and WriteLine; the WriteLine variant also adds a 'new...
Author: litdev Date: 08/16/2014
Become the August Small Basic Guru - Festival of the Awesome Small Basic
It's here at last! The August round of the TechNet Technical Guru Competition! The quality and...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/13/2014
Small Basic Game Programming - Vertical Scrolling Game
I wrote an article about Vertical Scrolling Game. That was one of challenges of the month - May...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 08/11/2014
Small Basic Marionette - Sign up for the Big Challenge for September 2014!!!
This thread is for recruiting contributors to a new group challenge that's coming from the Monthly...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/10/2014
Small Basic Challenges of the Month - August 2014
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/09/2014
Small Basic Comments
This is an excerpt from this great TechNet Wiki article: Small Basic: Programming Tips by litdev...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/06/2014
Small Basic - How to read error messages
Today's blog post comes from a section of the longer TechNet Wiki article: Small Basic: How to Debug...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 08/05/2014
Small Basic Game Programming - Sugoroku like game
This program is also from an article in Small Basic Forum Help with Small Basic program posted by...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 08/04/2014
Small Basic - Controls are Shapes
All of the Controls (Buttons, TextBoxes etc) that can be created with the Controls object can be...
Author: litdev Date: 08/02/2014
Small Basic LitDev Extension -- Download Now from TechNet Gallery!!!
Small Basic LitDev Extension View LitDev's TechNet Gallery contributions View LitDev's Profile...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 07/29/2014
Small Basic Survival Guide - Got anything to add?
I'm creating this survival guide: Small Basic Survival Guide A Survival Guide is a list of resource...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 07/28/2014
Small Basic Game Programming - Separation Between Data And Procedure
Last week, I introduced a text adventure game. If I expand the game story of that manner as in the...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 07/28/2014
Small Basic - Clearing Turtle Trails
With the current version of Small Basic, the trails left by the turtle cannot be easily cleared. We...
Author: litdev Date: 07/26/2014
Small Basic Guru - June Winners: LitDev, Jibba Jabba, & Nonki Takahashi!!!
Congrats to LitDev, Jibba Jabba, and Nonki! Great articles this month! Small Basic Technical Guru -...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 07/24/2014
Small Basic Game Programming - Text adventure
Once I have answered a question in Small Basic Forum by Jeffrey SWHS about Text Adventure Game. At...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 07/21/2014
Small Basic - Triangle Challenge
One of this month's challenges was set by Nonki - "Draw a picture of a regular triangle". Here are...
Author: litdev Date: 07/19/2014
Small Basic - Promoted in Portuguese!
It's fantastic to see Small Basic enjoyed by the Portuguese community, so we're going to highlight...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 07/16/2014
Introducing Small Basics Monthly Challenge Statistics.
Today I’d like to introduce Small Basics Monthly Challenge Statistics. They are provided for...
Author: Jibba Jabba Date: 07/15/2014
Small Basic Game Programming - Let's start with RPS game
I'm going to write about game programming in Small Basic for several weeks on this blog. For the...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 07/14/2014
Small Basic - Random Numbers
Random numbers can be very useful in your Small Basic games. They can be used to make the game play...
Author: litdev Date: 07/13/2014
Small Basic - Resources for Game Programming
Microsoft Small Basic program language is for learning programming. If you've already understood...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 07/07/2014
Small Basic - Colors
You can set colors in Small Basic in 3 ways: Using pre-defined color names (e.g....
Author: litdev Date: 07/05/2014
Why Microsoft Small Basic? Why not Scratch or Alice?
This was originally written up by the Small Basic creator, Vijay Raji... "Both Scratch and Alice are...
Author: Ed Price - MSFT Date: 07/04/2014
Small Basic - Being Part of a Game Dev Team?
Today, I'd like to pick up a thread from Small Basic Forum. The title is "Being part of a game Dev...
Author: Nonki Takahashi Date: 06/30/2014
Sprite Arrays - Featured Article
I recently wrote a TechNet Wiki article describing how to manage arrays of sprites in a game. For...
Author: litdev Date: 06/28/2014