Small Basic

Here's a complete list of what's changed in v0.4. As usual, the fixes and features are based on what the community has requested using the forums. So, if you would like to see something, feel free to drop a note at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbasic/threads Read More...

This week's sample is a "Lights Out" style game, developed by DanAwesome . The game can be imported using the Program id: VDK353. The source code listing is also available at: http://smallbasic.com/program/?VDK353 Here's a screenshot of the game: Read More...

This week's sample is a two-dimensional version of Pong, with 4 paddles which makes it super fun! You can import this program in Small Basic by using the id: MDJ923 . You can also view the source code here: http://smallbasic.com/program/?MDJ923 Here are Read More...

Here's a cool blog post that teaches programming using Small Basic using a really nicely put-together video: http://wotudo.net/blogs/how2/archive/2009/02/16/intro-to-programming-microsoft-small-basic.aspx Read More...

For some reason, my previous announcement didn't hit the front-page. Here it is again! http://blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/archive/2009/02/10/microsoft-small-basic-v0-3-is-here.aspx Read More...

Charles has just posted an expert-to-expert video interview on Small Basic. In this video we share lots of details around SmallBasic - the reason why it was created, what choices we as developers had and what paths we chose to take, etc. Go check it out Read More...

This week's featured sample of the week comes from mcleod_ideafix . This is a fun little point and shoot game, involving the Turtle in a clever way. 'Point-and-shoot '(C)1989 McLeod/IdeaFix. http://www.zxprojects.com 'Target size TargetSize=30 winner=0 Read More...