Small Basic is a Microsoft language + IDE that teaches kids and learners how to code! It's the easiest way to learn actual text/syntax-based coding:

• http://smallbasic.com

And we have an MSDN forum dedicated to it! This is a fun place where teachers and students come together to learn and explore Small Basic:

• Small Basic Forum

And each month a Small Basic Community Council member, LitDev, hosts a thread full of challenges. Here are the August Challenges:

 

• https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7328ffbb-9c41-41b2-a2aa-f182221a75a4/challenge-of-the-month-august-2016?forum=smallbasic

This month's Small Basic challenges include a Text, Math, and Game challenge...

Text Challenge

Write a program to perform a 'find and replace' feature for text in a file.

Maths Challenge

Write a program to calculate display numbers with either a fixed number of significant figures or fixed number of decimal places.

Game Challenge

Write a breakout type game

 

This thread is great, like it is each month! People post their solutions and then have a discussion, asking questions, building on each other's programs (it's really easy to collaborate on Small Basic programs), and learning from each other!

Check it out:

• https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7328ffbb-9c41-41b2-a2aa-f182221a75a4/challenge-of-the-month-august-2016?forum=smallbasic

 

A big thanks goes out to LitDev for hosting these each month!

 

May the Forums be with you,

- Ninja Ed