The final version of Small Basic 1.0 has been released!

I am pleased to announce that the Small Basic development environment, intended for novice developers, schoolchildren and children, was released in the final version of Small Basic 1.0! Distribution is available in 20 languages. Russian final version you can download at this direct link .

It is worth recalling what Small Basic is:
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1. A very simple development environment - a text editor with a multi-functional tooltip and only a few buttons for editing text and running programs.
2. Simple language with a small number of keywords.
3. Built-in development environment contextual documentation for all elements of the language
4. The possibility of expanding the components of Small Basic to include additional functionality (the opportunity will appeal to the creators of online services - you can give millions of enthusiasts the opportunity to create something of their own using the service and Small Basic). For example, the delivery is already going to work with the services of Flickr.

Many people know the QBasic development language, and so Small Basic differs from it in that it is based on the .NET platform. In addition, Small Basic supports modern concepts of programming languages, such as properties and events. In addition to all, Small Basic has a very convenient development environment.

Under the cut some more information and useful links to Russian-language materials.

The Small Basic development environment is very friendly and offers code completion with tooltips:



In this form, an introduction to programming is very easy for children and students.

Some useful links:

• The main official site of Small Basic , where you can find comprehensive information about the product and programming language, download code samples and much more;
• Free book in Russian language Small Basic for beginners (.pdf), which allows you to quickly begin to learn the language Small Basic;
• Small Basic training course in 20 languages ​​in the form of presentations, including in Russian (.zip);
• updated quick start guide with Small Basic (.docx);
• official announcement of the release of the final version of Small Basic 1.0;
• The Russian-language resource Small Basic on MSDN is not yet updated to version 1.0, but contains useful material in Russian.
• Pay attention to the Russian-speaking community smallbasic.ru !