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December 2016 Small Basic Guru Awards!!! Accessibility and Troubleshooting...
Here are the results for the TechNet Guru Awards, December 2016 !!!! This blog post highlights the Small Basic category. To see all the awards, head here: December 2016 TechNet Guru Winners! . So,...
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Small Basic Authors take some titles in the Top 20 TechNet Guru Award Winners
So it looks like once upon a time, I wrote this blog post: Who are the Top 20 TechNet Guru Award Winners? Kamlesh recently followed it up with a much better version (and up to date): Who are the Top...
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Small Basic Challenges of the Month – March 2017
These challenges from LitDev are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning to programming who want to start using Small Basic. Some will be easy, some...
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Guru! Where are you? Time for the March 2017 Microsoft Small Basic Guru awards!
Also, where is Scooby Doo? March 2017 Small Basic Guru, it’s time to share great skills as a TechNet Wiki article and WIN medal(s). Medals? Yes, you can share multiple articles in the same or different...
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Tinkering Arduino and Small Basic
Last October, I wrote about Arduino Sample Programs in this blog. After that I posted a thread to summarize Arduino programs in Small Basic forum. Today I will introduce some images of programs in the...
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Small Basic – Train
Today, I’d like to introduce Small Basic programs that show trains. Bit Train Games BPF583 by Tryhest click on left lever to select train path click on right lever to open/close path Choo Choo Anim...
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Small Basic Game Programming – Bowling Game
I wrote a bowling game program for Challenge of the Month – March 2017. So, today, I’d like to introduce how to write a bowling game in Small Basic. Create Images At first, I made two images – pin and...
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Microsoft partners with IGNITE Worldwide to teach 54 High School girls how to...
How’s that for a blog title? Microsoft Small Basic is partnering with IGNITE Worldwide to run workshops that teach girls to code! In 6 workshops (from February to May), we’ll teach 414 girls to code!...
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Small Basic – Quilt Show Case
Quilt program is one of community challenges this month. Let’s go through the posted quilt programs. CMR707 by Evelyn Rothman JLP150 by Nonki CSQ869 by NaochanON CSQ869-1 by Tryhest FSM153 by NaochanON...
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Big News! Small Basic available on Windows App Store!
Bring out the trumpets! Roll out the red carpet! We’ve got big news for you today, because Small Basic 1.2 is now available on the Windows App Store! That’s right, you can go download it directly...
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Learn Small Basic
Are you ready to continue learning about Small Basic? Here are lots of options! Curriculum Books: Learn to Program with Small Basic – by Ed Price (me) and Majed Marji 7 Small Basic books from Computer...
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Small Basic – Challenges of the Month (April 2017)
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning to programming who want to start using Small Basic. Some will be easy, some will be hard...
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Calling All Wise Men and Women! Small Basic Gurus Needed! Apply Within! No...
With April fools out of the way, now let’s find an April genius! The name “April” is derived from the Latin verb “aperire“, meaning “to open” in reference to being the season when trees & flowers...
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Small Basic – Multilayered Perceptron
This is the continued story from Small Basic – Artificial Neuron. Last time, I told about simple perceptron (artificial neuron) can become such as OR, AND and NAND operations. Single perceptron is...
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Small Basic with PowerShell
Do you know that a Small Basic program can be run as a command? Today I’d like to introduce my CUI (character user interface) program WordList (BKM132-2) and how it will work with PowerShell. WordList...
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Small Basic – Binary Quiz
Are you familiar to binary? Today I will introduce a binary quiz program BGH855-1. Guess hexadecimal or decimal from binary. Have fun. See Also binary to decimal converter – Small Basic Featured...
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Talking Small Basic at the 2017 TEALS Puget Sound CS Fair
On April 21st, Ed, Holly and I talked Small Basic with around 1700 high school computer science students (and their teachers!) at the 2017 TEALS Puget Sound CS Fair. It was a blast! We had a range...
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Book Info + Reviews: “The Developer’s Reference Guide to Microsoft Small...
Several years ago Philip Conrod and Lou Tylee teamed up together to write and publish The Developer’s Reference Guide to Microsoft Small Basic. Kidware Software has actually published seven Small...
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Small Basic Challenges of the Month – May 2017
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those returning to programming who want to start using Small Basic. Some will be easy, some will be hard...
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Small Basic – Musical Score
Once I wrote a program FQH921-0 to show a musical score for Challenge of the Month – March 2016. Today I rewrote this program not to use PNG file but to use Unicode characters. The new program is...
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