BASIC-256

Introduction

BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach anybody (especially middle and high-school students) the basics of computer programming. It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto, which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises.

Check out "Why Johnny Can't Code," the article that inspired BASIC-256.

We welcome all tutorials and sample programs written for BASIC-256, as well as any feedback or ideas.

The original author may be contacted at drblast [at] users.sourceforge.net the current maintainer is available at renejm [at] users.sourceforge.net.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 10:04

Documentation WIKI

Ian had a wonderful idea to help with the documentation and to make it easier to maintain. I have moved the documentation to a WIKI and we can all collaborate on making it really wonderful. Click on the "Documentation" link and brows away. If you see a problem or omission, login (register first) and fix away.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010, 11:57

BASIC Links

Joel suggested I add a links page. Email more to renejm at sourceforge.net that you think would be useful.

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Monday, June 21, 2010, 20:07

Art Gallery

Joel submitted a few sample graphics programs so we created an Art Gallery. Check it out from the menu and submit your sample code.

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Monday, June 14, 2010, 08:32

0.9.6p

Pushed 0.9.6p to svn and created a new Windows installer. Added a couple of new sprite statements and functions and fixed the color "CLEAR" so that it makes the shaped drawn transparent. Updated documentation and several of the Example programs in the last few days.

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Wednesday, June 09, 2010, 18:58