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6 Lessons to learn Small Basic and graduate to Visual Basic!

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Ed Price
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Feb 12, 2019
First published on MSDN on Oct 15, 2012

Authored by Ed Price


Learn how to use Small Basic and to graduate to Visual Basic... in 6 steps!


Lesson 1: Getting Started with Small Basic


Lesson 1.1: Introduction to Small Basic - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 30 minutes




Lesson 1.2: Statements, Properties, and Operations - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 1.3: Variables - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 1.4: Conditions and Loops - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 1.5: Branching and Subroutines - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 2: Graphics Window


Lesson 2.1: Introduction to Graphics Window - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour




Lesson 2.2: Turtle Graphics - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 2.3: Exploring Shapes - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 2.4: Sound, Program, and Text Objects - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 2.5: Clock, Desktop, and Dictionary Objects - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 2.6: Flickr, ImageList, and Network Objects - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 3: Input and Output


Lesson 3.1: File Input and Output - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour




Lesson 3.2: Stacks and Arrays - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 3.3: The Math Object - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 3.4: Events and Interactivity - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 3.5: The Controls Object - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 3.6: Debugging Aids - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 4: Making Your Game


Lesson 4.1: Playing with Shapes - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 4.2: Responding to Events - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 4.3: Collision Detection - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour




Lesson 4.4: Advanced Games - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour


Lesson 5: Share


Lesson 5: Sharing Code - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour




Lesson 6: Graduation Ceremony


Lesson 6: Graduating to Visual Basic - Estimated time to complete this sub-lesson: 1 hour






Anybody make it through all 6 lessons? And post a comment if you have a better time estimate for these sub-lessons!


- Tall Basic Ed

Published Feb 12, 2019
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