Competition for beginners programmers on small basic

The Russian community of SmallBasic.ru, with the support of Microsoft, announces a contest on programming on Small Basic.



The goal of the competition is to popularize programming among schoolchildren and novice programmers.





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Subject of the competition

Subject of the competition is free.



The main theses of the competition

The competition is held in four stages. Each stage lasts one week. Each participant can provide one program each week. A total of four programs can be submitted from one participant. For each stage, a separate thread will be created on the SmallBasic.ru community forum in which you can post your program.



Program Terms

Presented programs should work on the current version of the language - 0.8.

The programs are not allowed to use any external components, only the "pure" Small Basic.

The program should be published on the smallbasic.com server (the “Publish” tool), and the import code is posted on the forum.



Dates of the competition

The beginning of the competition: April 1, 2010 . The end of the competition: April 29, 2010 .

Summing up: May 6, 2010 .

Award winners at Microsoft office: May 11, 2010 .



Regulations on prizes

Prizes are awarded for winning the competition. All three participants who won prizes will receive a USB flash drive of 16 GB , as well as:

• first place - a smartphone running Windows Mobile
• second place - Microsoft keyboard
• third place - Microsoft mouse

Final Theses

The decision of the judges is final.

The competition is non-commercial.

Sending prizes is carried out only in Russia.

For persons under the age of 18, prizes are given to their parents or legal representatives.

All the necessary information can be obtained on the community site, as well as on the forum.



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