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Small Basic

Small Basic

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Microsoft Small Basic is a beginner .NET language, derived from QuickBasic. It was first launched as a public beta in 2008, and version 1 launched in 2010. It is very international, and is available in over 20 languages.  Small Basic is actually a toned down version of Visual Basic.NET, running on the .NET 3.5 framework.

Extensions

If you can't find a function you need to use in a program in Small Basic's main library, you can write an extension for it in any other .NET language (VB.NET and C# tutorials).  If you do not wish to create your own extension you can download some other extension, such as PowerExtension or LitDev's Extension. A list of extensions is available here.

Community

It currently still has an active community of users in its forums @ http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/smallbasic/threads. 

Let's Start

If you are interested in learning to program, Small Basic is a great way to start! Get it at http://smallbasic.com/.



Additional Resources

Web Pages

Blogs

Social Media

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Other Languages

This article is also available in the following languages:

Japanese (ja-JP)

Italian (it-IT)

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  • 18 May 2013 10:34 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 31. Comment: Updated first section

  • 13 Aug 2013 6:57 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 32. Comment: links

  • 11 Sep 2013 5:06 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 33. Comment: Removed blank heading from HTML, added tag "See Also", removed tags "visual" and "small".

  • 20 Oct 2012 6:39 AM

    Luigi Bruno edited Revision 13. Comment: Added the "See Also" section.

  • 20 Oct 2012 7:21 AM

    Luigi Bruno edited Revision 14. Comment: Added a link in the "Other Languages" section. Added the "Multi Language Wiki Articles" tag.

  • 20 Oct 2012 8:18 AM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 15. Comment: Fixed link to Italian version

  • 20 Oct 2012 2:40 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 16. Comment: Added link to extensions thread

  • 20 Oct 2012 3:39 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 19. Comment: Added Facebook page

  • 20 Oct 2012 3:43 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 21. Comment: Added MSFT Download Center link

  • 20 Oct 2012 3:45 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 22. Comment: Added Getting Started Guide

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  • Posted by
    on 18 May 2013 10:34 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 31. Comment: Updated first section

  • Posted by
    on 13 Aug 2013 6:57 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 32. Comment: links

  • Posted by
    on 11 Sep 2013 5:06 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 33. Comment: Removed blank heading from HTML, added tag "See Also", removed tags "visual" and "small".

  • Posted by
    on 6 Oct 2012 9:36 AM

    I've written a Japanese version of this article. social.technet.microsoft.com/.../13871.small-basic-ja-jp.aspx

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    on 18 Oct 2012 5:36 AM

    Nonki Takahashi edited Revision 8. Comment: screen shot added

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 6:39 AM

    Luigi Bruno edited Revision 13. Comment: Added the "See Also" section.

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 7:21 AM

    Luigi Bruno edited Revision 14. Comment: Added a link in the "Other Languages" section. Added the "Multi Language Wiki Articles" tag.

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 8:18 AM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 15. Comment: Fixed link to Italian version

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 2:40 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 16. Comment: Added link to extensions thread

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 3:39 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 19. Comment: Added Facebook page

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 3:43 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 21. Comment: Added MSFT Download Center link

  • Posted by
    on 20 Oct 2012 3:45 PM

    gungan37 edited Revision 22. Comment: Added Getting Started Guide

  • Posted by
    on 22 Oct 2012 12:24 PM

    Liam McSherry edited Revision 23. Comment: Cleaned up URLs in the opening paragraphs.

  • Posted by
    on 15 Nov 2012 9:41 AM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 29. Comment: We're going to stop including "(en-US)" in the title because of the difficulties it causes. But please keep adding the "en-US" tag to articles!

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