If you are a programmer than you must have heard or may have coded using the BASIC language but with the advent of time it lost its popularity with the rise of Visual Basic which also paved way for VISUAL BASIC.net or VB.net in simple words.
Microsoft has came back what we call it as “Small Basic” which allows kids of age 10-16 to understand the basic of coding and provides a very simple UI for working.Small Basic is a project that is focused at making programming accessible and easy for beginners. It consists of three distinct pieces:
- The Language
- The Programming Environment
- Libraries
The Language draws its inspiration from an early variant of BASIC but is based on the modern .Net Framework Platform. The Environment is simple but rich in features, offering beginners several of the benefits that professional programmers have come to expect of a worthy IDE. A rich set of Libraries help beginners learn by writing compelling and interesting programs.
What is so interesting about it is that it runs on .Net framework 3.5 so the kid is actually learning the basics of how to exploit the power of .Net though Small Basic is just a subset of VB.net and provides basic functionality which is required for learning a language.
SO kids….go and learn it even oldies of BASIC era might also want to try hands on it !!!!
for more details , check Small Basic site.
Wow… My first programming language… Beginners All-purpose Symbollic Instruction Code is back, much more powerful this time… I still remember the Step system 🙂
yes….it is back to give kids some basics of programming…