Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming language and implemented with .NET. Designed for coding novices and children, the system is easy to learn ...

As an engineer, I find the Lego Labview visual programming environment frustrating. There are many good reasons why professional engineers don't use visual programming environments. Looking for ...

Microsoft Small BASIC, is a quite simply SUPERB IDE/Integrated Development Environment...for teaching people who are 'new' to learning programming how to code, effectively. -> Allows you to 'download' ...

After a year in the making, and with very little fanfare, Microsoft last month launched Small Basic, a free programming language aimed at kids. Unlike Scratch and Alice, tools designed for kids to ...

Small Basic is actually a “new” version of BASIC language with just 14 keywords and based on .NET 3.5. Small Basic has its very own cute little IDE. Ranging from graphics, sounds, arrays, stacks, ...

Developed by Microsoft employee Vijaye Raji, the Small Basic language, which was inspired by the original BASIC programming language and runs on the .NET Framework, was designed with the beginner ...

That comes in the form of Microsoft Small Basic, which has actually be floating around in pre-release versions since 2008 but has just recently seen its first stable release.

For example, Microsoft Small Basic, released in 2008, has served as an educational tool to teach programming concepts to beginners. There's no doubt that BASIC's easy-to-understand syntax made it ...