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Yeah, for reals. It's moving! So… as MSDN closes, the Tech Community is opening and thriving! Join...
Date: 02/20/2019
Announcing Small Basic Online 1.0 - Public Preview
Please kick the tires of our new Public Preview of Small Basic Online 1.0! What's up on our website...
Date: 02/08/2019
Play with Morse Code in Small Basic (2)
I'm continuing to develop Morse Telegraph Key. And Tryhest shared his Morse code player as his...
Date: 01/25/2019
Play with Morse Code in Small Basic (1)
There are some Morse code program in Small Basic. But today I'd like to start creating new Morse...
Date: 01/19/2019
January 2019 Small Basic Challenges!!!
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those...
Date: 01/12/2019
Who will be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read more about the January 2019 competition!!
What is the TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 01/10/2019
Drawing Many Shapes with Combination of Small Basic Shapes
Small Basic Shapes has only four types of shapes - rectangle, ellipse, triangle and line. To draw...
Date: 01/05/2019
December Small Basic Challenges
These challenges from LitDev are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time...
Date: 12/21/2018
Who will be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read more about December 2018 competition!
What is TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 12/20/2018
Exospheric Freight Service - Small Basic Featured Game
Today I'd like to introduce a new 3D game EXFS - Exospheric Feight Service programmed by cvmarus....
Date: 11/09/2018
Do you want to be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read about the TechNet November 2018 competition!!
What is the TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 11/07/2018
Small Basic - November Code Challenges!!!
Special thanks to litdev for hosting these challenges! These challenges are intended for people who...
Date: 11/05/2018
10th Anniversary of Small Basic
Today is the 10th anniversary of Small Basic. Congratulations!!! I wrote a program SFF730-5 for the...
Date: 10/23/2018
Small Basic Guru Competition - October 2018
Who will be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read more about October 2018 competition!! What...
Date: 10/19/2018
Small Basic Challenges - October 2018
These are the October 2018 challenges from Roshan Kumar Priya. We're also continuing the September...
Date: 10/18/2018
NEW UPDATES: Small Basic Website 2.1 & Small Basic Online 0.91
UPDATED: 10/18/18 Our progress continues! This is our next release on the Small Basic Website. See...
Date: 09/23/2018
Small Basic - Bring on the Snail Shells and Animated Anemones!!!
Over in the September Challenges:...
Date: 09/15/2018
September 2018 - Small Basic Challenges: Ellipses, Snail Shells, Anemones, & More!
These challenges are intended for people who are learning to program for the first time or for those...
Date: 09/12/2018
Who will be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read more about September 2018 competition!!
What is the TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 09/11/2018
NEW RELEASE: Small Basic Online Public Preview (v0.9)
Hello! Head to the new Small Basic Website 2.0: https://www.SmallBasic.com In the upper right...
Date: 08/28/2018
Last week for the August Small Basic Code Challenges!
This month's Small Basic code challenges come from Roshan Kumar Priya. These are his challenges for...
Date: 08/27/2018
Last call for the August 2018 Small Basic Guru!
This is the last week for the August 2018 Small Basic Guru competition! Check it out! What is...
Date: 08/26/2018
Announcement: Welcome to Small Basic Website 2.0
We're pleased as punch (punch that particularly pleased) to announce our new Small Basic website:...
Date: 07/26/2018
Who will be announced as the July 2018 Small Basic Guru?
What is the TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 07/22/2018
Why was Small Basic 1.3 released in UWP? (And addressing the community's concerns)
We answered this a few times in forums and blog comments, but we've given more and less information,...
Date: 07/20/2018
Small Basic TextWindow and Keyboard Shortcuts
There are many keyboard shortcuts for TextWindow.Read() operation. Most of these shortcut keys are...
Date: 07/18/2018
Simakov's Click the button - Small Basic Featured Program
Today I'd like to introduce Simakov Misha's game "Click the button". The program ID is DSX769. This...
Date: 07/12/2018
Match Colours or Symbols - Small Basic Featured Program
Today's featured program is "Match colours or symbols" written by Glenn Broadway. Glenn wanted to...
Date: 06/08/2018
Method to Convert Binary
Today I'd like to introduce a table to understand how to convert between decimal and binary....
Date: 06/01/2018
Helper to solve Chaos Su Do Ku - Small Basic featured program
Today I'd like to introduce a program written by ErmiteUrbain. ErmiteUrbain wrote a program to help...
Date: 05/11/2018
Small Basic Prime (extended IDE)
Introduction Gungan37 created a great extended Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Small...
Date: 04/27/2018
Small Basic - Draw Circle Game
I made a game how accurate circle to draw with mouse. The program ID is FGM527. Usage: Draw a...
Date: 04/22/2018
Shapes Editor using Polygon for Small Basic
Thanks to NaochanON for writing this blog and Tryhest for contributing updates. More details on...
Date: 04/11/2018
Who will be announced as the next Small Basic Guru? Read more about April 2018 competition!!
What is TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 04/07/2018
Small Basic Monthly Challenges - April 2018
Big thanks to LitDev for hosting our monthly challenges! These challenges are intended for people...
Date: 04/06/2018
Traffic Jam Simulation with Small Basic
I wrote a program which simulates traffic jam. The idea is from Dr. Nishinari's mathematical...
Date: 04/01/2018
Reading and Writing HTML with Small Basic
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is a rich text format used in the internet. You can see the...
Date: 02/16/2018
Small Basic Reference Updated in TechNet Wiki
I updated an TechNet Wiki article which contains Small Basic Dictionary object reference. To update...
Date: 01/30/2018
Face Animation with Small Basic
I wrote a program to draw faces with animation. The program ID is TDL115. Let's modify this program...
Date: 01/25/2018
How to find author from Flickr URL with Small Basic
I sometimes upload my program screen shots with Flickr pictures. At that time, I always check the...
Date: 01/12/2018
Compose Your Own Music with Small Basic
Hi everyone. I wrote two programs to compose music (?). The first one shows the MML. The program ID...
Date: 12/21/2017
Slide Show with Small Basic
I made two programs that have slide show effects written in Small Basic. One is just slide. The...
Date: 12/15/2017
GUI Designer - Small Basic Featured Program
Today I'd like to introduce GUI Designer which is created by Roshan Kumar Priya who is a 7th grade...
Date: 12/08/2017
Write a new year greeting program in Small Basic
Hi everyone. It's time to write a new year greeting program in Small Basic. This is my first trial...
Date: 11/30/2017
Draw a Picture of Halloween with Small Basic
Let's draw a picture of Halloween with Small Basic. Happy Halloween! This program ID is TGR736.
Date: 10/29/2017
9th Anniversary of Small Basic
Today is the special day for Microsoft Small Basic. Happy Birthday Small Basic!! This program ID...
Date: 10/23/2017
Small Basic Challenges of the Month - October 2017
Big thanks to LitDev for continuing to host these monthly challenges! And to all the community for...
Date: 10/10/2017
Who will be announced the October 2017 Small Basic Guru?
What is TechNet Guru Competition? Each month the TechNet Wiki council organizes a contest of the...
Date: 10/09/2017