http://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/archive/tags/Small+Basic/default.aspxTags: Small Basicen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/archive/2008/12/19/the-perfect-christmas-present-for-your-kids-a-new-release-of-small-basic.aspxFri, 19 Dec 2008 12:39:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9241518Eric Nelson0http://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/comments/9241518.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9241518<p>I have previously <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ericnel/archive/2008/11/05/microsoft-releases-yet-another-programming-language-introducing-small-basic.aspx">blogged on Small Basic</a> and only this week snuck it into a session I was doing on Parallel Programming (It is the time of year when you can get away with that sort of stuff!). This is a great way for <strong>anyone</strong> to learn how to program -&nbsp; my 80 year old dad is now a huge fan.</p> <p>A new version (0.2) is just out and can be downloaded from <a href="http://smallbasic.com">http://smallbasic.com</a>. Details over on <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/archive/2008/12/16/small-basic-v0-2-is-out.aspx">the authors blog</a>.</p> <p>P.S. And a <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ericnel/archive/2008/12/18/merry-christmas.aspx">Merry Christmas from me</a> courtesy of Xbox Live avatars :=)</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/goto100/WindowsLiveWriter/TheperfectChristmaspresentforyourkidsane_8658/image_2.png"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="653" alt="image" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/goto100/WindowsLiveWriter/TheperfectChristmaspresentforyourkidsane_8658/image_thumb.png" width="855" border="0"></a></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9241518" width="1" height="1">Small BasicDevCenterhttp://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/archive/2008/11/05/microsoft-releases-yet-another-programming-language-introducing-small-basic.aspxWed, 05 Nov 2008 18:24:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9044486Eric Nelson1http://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/comments/9044486.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/goto100/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9044486<p>Wow. I love this. This brings back all the great memories I had (even of the bugs) of how I first got into writing software using BASIC on the ZX80. My kids have already given it a massive thumbs up. </p> <p>First a big thanks to <a href="http://www.vijaye.com/">Vijaye</a> for creating this in his <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/archive/2008/10/23/hello-world.aspx">spare time</a> and secondly a thanks to whoever in Microsoft made releasing this as a polished download on <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/DevLabs">DevLabs</a> possible.</p> <p>I would highly recommend you <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/devlabs/cc950524.aspx">download it</a> and give it a whirl. Your family may even thank you for once for being a programmer :) Or maybe not…</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/goto100/WindowsLiveWriter/Microsoftreleasesyetanotherprogrammingla_8625/image_4.png"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="484" alt="image" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/goto100/WindowsLiveWriter/Microsoftreleasesyetanotherprogrammingla_8625/image_thumb_1.png" width="636" border="0"></a> </p> <p>Oh – and you even get a Turtle :)</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/goto100/WindowsLiveWriter/Microsoftreleasesyetanotherprogrammingla_8625/image_6.png"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="354" alt="image" src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/goto100/WindowsLiveWriter/Microsoftreleasesyetanotherprogrammingla_8625/image_thumb_2.png" width="469" border="0"></a></p><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9044486" width="1" height="1">Visual Basic .NETSmall Basic