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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

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AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC

RUSTY KEELE UETN TECH SUMMIT 2019

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INTRODUCTION

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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
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ABOUT ME

  • Work at UEN
  • Programming since 4th grade
  • BASIC (on Commodore 64) was my

first programming language!

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A SHORT HISTORY OF BASIC

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BEGINNINGS AT DARTMOUTH

  • Early 1960s - 2 Math Professors
  • Wanted an easy language for non-

science students

  • Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic

Instruction Code

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MICRO COMPUTERS AND MICRO-SOFT

  • 1975 – Gates & Allen’s first product
  • Built in or included with most home

computers of the 1970s and 1980s

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TYPE-IN PROGRAMS

  • From magazines and books
  • 101 BASIC Computer Games
  • School text book examples: “Try It In

BASIC”

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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

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THE DECLINE OF BASIC

  • More powerful home computers
  • Graphical environments
  • Increase in commercial and free

software

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“WHY JOHNNY CAN'T CODE”

  • No easy way for kids to get hooked
  • n programming
  • Searched for an easy to use BASIC
  • …ended up buying a Commodore

64!

  • Issued a challenge to Microsoft
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VIJAYE RAJI

  • Microsoft employee
  • Read Brin’s article
  • Created a new version of BASIC –

Small Basic

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WHAT IS MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC?

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GOALS OF MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC

  • For beginners
  • A real (but simple) language
  • Fun
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CONSISTS OF THREE DISTINCT PIECES

  • The language
  • The programming environment
  • Libraries
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SMALL BASIC != SMALLBASIC

  • SmallBASIC
  • An open source BASIC
  • Available on SourceForge
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SMALL BASIC != QBASIC

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

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HOW TO GET/USE MICROSOFT SMALL BASIC

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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
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SMALL BASIC ONLINE VERSION

  • https://smallbasic-

publicwebsite.azurewebsites.net/Pro gram/Editor.aspx

  • Currently using version 0.91
  • Reference Documents mismatch
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DEMONSTRATION

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RESOURCES FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING

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THE OFFICIAL TUTORIAL

  • 11 chapters (70 pages)
  • Good intro, with sample code
  • Quick Links > Tutorial
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PROGRAMMING (E)BOOKS

  • 5 professional books
  • free sample chapters online
  • Quick Links > eBooks
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WIKI: SMALL BASIC PORTAL

  • Overview, Getting Started, How

To’s, Advanced Tips

  • Lots more!
  • Quick Links > Wiki
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THE FREE CURRICULUM

  • 6 complete lessons (23 sessions)
  • View online or download nice

PowerPoint slides

  • Quick Links > Wiki > Small Basic

Curriculum

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SMALL BASIC BLOG

  • News, contests, code examples
  • Updated a couple times per month
  • https://techcommunity.microsoft.com

/t5/Small-Basic-Blog/bg- p/SmallBasic

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YOUTUBE VIDEOS

  • Literally hundreds of videos
  • About all aspects of Small Basic
  • Of varying lengths (1 - 10+ mins)
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THE END

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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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