Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming language and implemented with .NET.

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 ...

True to its name, the programming language takes its inspiration from the original BASIC language, and wraps everything in a simplified interface that offers beginners a bit of guidance, and will ...

The Small Basic blog, for example, was last updated more than three months ago, and a question on the Teaching Kids Programming site about the recipes not compiling was asked more than two months ago, ...

In November 2008, Microsoft unveiled yet another programming language: Small Basic (not to be confused with SmallBASIC). This week, Microsoft released Small Basic version 0.3, after implementing ...

Microsoft's modern BASIC for beginners, Small Basic, proving that it can run an admirable version of Tetris There are multiple BASICs available for iPhones, iPads and Android devices, too.

There's already quite a community developing around Small Basic, sharing code and programs, including teachers looking at using it in elementary programming classes.

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

There was a time when anyone could try programming, thanks to the ubiquity of Basic. But Basic's a nonstarter these days, so what will entice a new generation?

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone.