Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

Four sounds like an awful lot of languages to learn for a beginner, but the idea is to get a broad understanding of programming and the basics down. As for which programming language to learn first?

Microsoft has open-sourced the 6502 BASIC programming language interpreter from 1976. Its source code is now available on ...

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.

Developed by Microsoft employee Vijaye Raji, the Small Basic language, which was inspired by the original BASIC programming language and runs on the .NET Framework, was designed with the beginner ...

BASIC Beginnings Sooner or later, it was inevitable that someone would come up with a programming language aimed at beginners.