Small Basic is a recent offering from Microsoft based on the venerable BASIC programming language and implemented with .NET. Designed for coding novices and children, the system is easy to learn ...

I'd like to take a brief moment to introduce you to a small project at Microsoft that has received very little press: Small Basic. Developed by Microsoft employee Vijaye Raji, the Small Basic ...

Learning to code – it’s good business Even the most basic business functions benefit from an understanding of code. Whether the business is in the technology sector or not, if a business has a website ...

Google, in honor of 50 years of the first introduction of coding language for kids, has come up with an interactive doodle. The doodle with help of a small rabbit teaches users how to code.

There's a big problem facing the IT world: Where are all the new developers going to come from?I'm from the 8-bit generation.

Instead, BASIC lives on in the background, powering unseen machinations in Microsoft Office and appearing in coding apps for hardcore computer nerds.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.