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AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC RUSTY KEELE UETN TECH SUMMIT 2019 INTRODUCTION TODAYS PLAN History lesson: BASIC language What Small Basic is and isnt How to get Small Basic A Demonstration Resources for

  1. AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC RUSTY KEELE UETN TECH SUMMIT 2019

  2. INTRODUCTION

  3. TODAY’S PLAN • History lesson: BASIC language • What Small Basic is and isn’t • How to get Small Basic • A Demonstration • Resources for learning and teaching

  4. ABOUT ME • Work at UEN • Programming since 4 th grade • BASIC (on Commodore 64) was my first programming language!

  5. A SHORT HISTORY OF BASIC

  6. BEGINNINGS AT DARTMOUTH • Early 1960s - 2 Math Professors • Wanted an easy language for non- science students • B eginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

  7. MICRO COMPUTERS AND MICRO-SOFT • 1975 – Gates & Allen’s first product • Built in or included with most home computers of the 1970s and 1980s

  8. TYPE-IN PROGRAMS • From magazines and books • 101 BASIC Computer Games • School text book examples: “Try It In BASIC”

  9. BASIC BASHING • GOTO and GOSUB created spaghetti code • Dijkstra’s infamous quote • "It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC.” • The rise of structured programming: Pascal and C

  10. THE DECLINE OF BASIC • More powerful home computers • Graphical environments • Increase in commercial and free software

  11. “WHY JOHNNY CAN'T CODE” • No easy way for kids to get hooked on programming • Searched for an easy to use BASIC • …ended up buying a Commodore 64! • Issued a challenge to Microsoft

  12. VIJAYE RAJI • Microsoft employee • Read Brin’s article • Created a new version of BASIC – Small Basic

  13. WHAT IS MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC?

  14. GOALS OF MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC • For beginners • A real (but simple) language • Fun

  15. CONSISTS OF THREE DISTINCT PIECES • The language • The programming environment • Libraries

  16. SMALL BASIC != SMALLBASIC • SmallBASIC • An open source BASIC • Available on SourceForge

  17. SMALL BASIC != QBASIC • QBasic = Microsoft’s Quick BASIC • For DOS operating system • Wasn’t object oriented • Had GOSUB!

  18. SMALL BASIC != VISUAL BASIC .NET • Microsoft’s Visual Basic .NET • Small Basic is a subset of VB • Small Basic is much simpler • Users can “graduate” and export code to Visual Basic .NET

  19. HOW TO GET/USE MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC

  20. DOWNLOAD SMALL BASIC FOR WINDOWS • Version 1.2 • Supports Windows 10 - Vista • Requires .NET Framework 4.5 • Version 1.0 • Supports Windows XP and older • Requires .NET 3.5 SP1

  21. SMALL BASIC ONLINE VERSION • https://smallbasic- publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/Pro gram/Editor.aspx • Currently using version 0.91 • Reference Documents mismatch

  22. DEMONSTRATION

  23. RESOURCES FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING

  24. THE OFFICIAL TUTORIAL • 11 chapters (70 pages) • Good intro, with sample code • Quick Links > Tutorial

  25. PROGRAMMING (E)BOOKS • 5 professional books • free sample chapters online • Quick Links > eBooks

  26. WIKI: SMALL BASIC PORTAL • Overview, Getting Started, How To’s, Advanced Tips • Lots more! • Quick Links > Wiki

  27. THE FREE CURRICULUM • 6 complete lessons (23 sessions) • View online or download nice PowerPoint slides • Quick Links > Wiki > Small Basic Curriculum

  28. SMALL BASIC BLOG • News, contests, code examples • Updated a couple times per month • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com /t5/Small-Basic-Blog/bg- p/SmallBasic

  29. YOUTUBE VIDEOS • Literally hundreds of videos • About all aspects of Small Basic • Of varying lengths (1 - 10+ mins)

  30. THE END

  31. REFERENCES • Dartmouth image: https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/basic.html • Wikipedia BASIC article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC • Time article on BASIC: http://time.com/69316/basic/ • BASIC screen shot: https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/atari-basic-graphics-0-screen-dli-not-activated-20130202.jpg?w=680&h=485 • book of games: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bDBA6lSo_rg/T8fz47kZUuI/AAAAAAAAAc8/XUXnWdyrB3k/s1600/101-basic-computer-games.jpg • Dijkstra picture: https://femgineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/programming.jpeg • Decline graph: https://www.cannamm.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bigstock-D-Business-Decline-Graph-3683075.jpg • Why Johnny can't code: https://www.salon.com/2006/09/14/basic_2/ • David Brin photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/57037724@N03/5261411769/in/album-72157632003421870/ • Vijaye Raji's first blogpost about Small Basic: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Small-Basic-Blog/Hello-World/ba-p/335289 • What is Small Basic?: http://www.smallbasic.com/faq.aspx • Vijaye's picture: https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/12/05/facebook-job-interview-process-seattle-hiring.html • SmallBASIC image: http://smallbasic.github.io/images/screenshots/smallbasic_tetris.png • QBasic image: https://arfanart.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/input-pemograman3.jpg • Visual Basic image: http://learninghints.com/images/IDE.JPG • Small Basic splash: https://www.assignmenthelp.net/images/game/small-basic.png • That's All Folks image: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G_yahranAnQ/maxresdefault.jpg

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