Hitesh SardaThoughts on life, technology, education and entrepreneurship

Yesterday I stumbled upon SmallBasic, while looking for something else. It is an interesting little project by Microsoft to create an entry level language to teach programming. It is a mix of toned down BASIC and Logo. Since the language (or is it an application) is still in infancy, version 0.5 released recently, I will try not to be too harsh on it.

Sample program with obligatory screenshot

Showing Flickr Image

   1: url = Flickr.GetPictureOfMoment()

   2: img = ImageList.LoadImage(url) 

   3: GraphicsWindow.Title = url 

   4: GraphicsWindow.DrawImage(img,0,0) 

   5: GraphicsWindow.Height = ImageList.GetHeightOfImage(img) 

   6: GraphicsWindow.Width = ImageList.GetWidthOfImage(img)

The Good:

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