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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by chkas on Sunday May 14, 2023 @08:28AM (#35937473)
> Small Basic is the only programming language created specially to help students transition from block-based coding to text-based coding.

Not the only one: https://easylang.dev/ide

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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by yardshop on Sunday May 14, 2023 @09:41AM (#35937883)
Wow, what a fun little system! Thank you for creating this!
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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by olav on Sunday May 14, 2023 @12:26PM (#35939117)
And, of course, https://gpblocks.org/
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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by WillAdams on Sunday May 14, 2023 @01:42PM (#35939745)
How is this the first that I am finding out about this?!?

I've been looking for such a tool for _forever_!

Thanks!

Any notable forums/discussion areas for this?

(I will note the name makes it hard to search for --- maybe that's why I didn't find it?)

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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by hgsgm on Sunday May 14, 2023 @03:24PM (#35940620)
Why are all these scratch forks that enable extensions (like GP and Snap), all stuck on an ancient ugly version of Scratch core?
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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by teo_zero on Sunday May 14, 2023 @04:03PM (#35940937)
How can a block-based language help students transition from block-based coding to text-based coding?
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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by empressplay on Sunday May 14, 2023 @02:12PM (#35939992)
Also https://turtlespaces.org/weblogo
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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by pjmlp on Sunday May 14, 2023 @02:12PM (#35939996)
This one is quite cool, thanks for sharing!
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Re:Microsoft Small Basic by svb_2023 on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @02:03AM (#35958205)
And this is one more: https://github.com/VBAndCs/sVB-Small-Visual-Basic
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