There’s a new project on DevLabs called Small Basic. Here’s the intro:

Small Basic is a project that’s aimed at bringing "fun" back to programming. By providing a small and easy to learn programming language in a friendly and inviting development environment, Small Basic makes programming a breeze. Ideal for kids and adults alike, Small Basic helps beginners take the first step into the wonderful world of programming.

Source: DevLabs

Thank goodness someone is bringing ‘fun’ back – obviously we’ve all been hating programming for the last few decades <g>.

With only 15 keywords, and minimal concepts, even a newbie like me could get productive. There’s a 62 page Getting Started guide that covers all manner of things like For Loops, While Loops, graphics and mouse event handling. There’s even a built in function for retrieving Flickr photos.

The actual installer is a very reasonable 4MB download.

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