BASIC-256
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The BASIC-256 project (formerly KidBASIC) has changed its name to avoid any potential conflict/confusion with another project with the same name. Thank you for your patience and continued support.
Introduction
BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach young children the basics of computer programming. It uses traditional control structures like gosub, for/next, and goto, which helps kids easily see how program flow-control works. It has a built-in graphics mode which lets them draw pictures on screen in minutes, and a set of detailed, easy-to-follow tutorials that introduce programming concepts through fun exercises.
BASIC-256 is licensed under the GNU public license, which means that it's free to download, modify, and share.
Download
Latest Version: 0.9.2
- Windows Binary, Version 0.9.2 (unzip and click on BASIC256.exe to run)
- Source Code tar.gz, Version 0.9.2 (for Linux, Unix, etc.)
- Latest source code available via Subversion repository here
- Third party Ubuntu packages -- Thanks to Joao Pinto
System Requirements
- 48MB Ram
- 15MB Hard Drive Space
- MinGW, GNU Flex and Bison (if compiling)
- 48MB Ram
- 15MB Hard Drive Space
- QT 4.0 development libraries (if compiling)
- GNU Flex and Bison (if compiling)
Helping out
Check out "Why Johnny Can't Code," the article that inspired BASIC-256.
We welcome all tutorials and sample programs written for BASIC-256, as well as any feedback or ideas.
The source code to BASIC-256 is freely available, so anyone can modify it. It's written using LEX, YACC, and QT (in C++), so programmers familiar with any of those will feel right at home. If you're interested in developing BASIC-256 please check our developers' page for more details.
The author may be contacted at drblast [at] users.sourceforge.net