Beginning Windows Development

The Microsoft Beginner Developer Learning Center (BDLC) is a great place to learn about programming, but only Kid's Corner is designed just for you! When you are ready to learn more about writing code and you can't find what you need on Kid's Corner, then take a look and see what else you can find around the site. The BDLC Web site has a whole section for creating programs that run on Windows (compared to Web-based programs that run in a Web browser). Here you will find information about different languages like Visual Basic, Visual C#, and C++ (a more advanced language). You will also find some great information about using Visual Studio Express's many features, and how computers work. Some of this information might be a little harder for kids to understand so be patient. Pause and think about what you see, or even go back if you need to. Even if you don't understand everything, you'll definitely gain some new knowledge to help you understand computers and programming better. A great page of resources is the BDLC Windows Development page. You may notice that the information is divided into Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3. Think of tiers as levels. You'll want to start with Tier 1. Good luck!