Category:BASIC256

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Lang tag(s):	BASIC256
See Also:	BASIC256 on the HOPL; ;

BASIC-256 is an easy to use version of BASIC designed to teach anybody (especially middle and high-school students) 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.

Features

fast graphics suitable for animation
native speech synthesis
mouse and keyboard events
graphic files manipulation (saving, retrieving)
playing sounds from WAV files
sprites handling
database functions
socket networking
error handling
files I/O
true functions/subroutines (version 0.9.9.1 and later)

Disadvantages

BASIC-256 does not support three- and N-dimensional arrays in general (N>2)

BASIC256 is open source and available for Linux, Windows and Mac.

For more information see basic256.org or to download and install sourceforge.

Subcategories

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Pages in category "BASIC256"

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