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chi · Dec 8th, 2005, 9:27 AM

Please bear with me as I have just started learning programming.

I intend to learn Basic, but I do not have QBASIC in my computer. It's not in my XP installation disc either.
Do you people know where I can get a copy of it? Are there any other good compilers?

Another question:
I would like to program in the Windows environment. How can I do that with Basic?

coldDeath · Dec 8th, 2005, 10:20 AM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ad&btnG=Search

chi · Dec 9th, 2005, 2:44 AM

Clicking on the link, I still do not find a download page.

Sane · Dec 9th, 2005, 9:44 AM

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare...ads/qbasic.zip

chi · Dec 9th, 2005, 9:45 PM

When I double-clicked on qbasic.exe, I got the following message:
C:\unzipped\qbasic.exe
C:\Program~1\Symantec\S32EVNT1.DLL. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization.
Choose "Close to terminate the application.

Dameon · Dec 9th, 2005, 10:17 PM

It might be better to start with a less crippled/legacy language. You can obtain the Express edition of Visual Basic .Net from Microsoft's site. The Java SDK is freely available as are many Java IDEs. It's better to learn good practice now than unlearn bad practice later.

Indigno · Dec 12th, 2005, 8:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chi

Please bear with me as I have just started learning programming.

I intend to learn Basic, but I do not have QBASIC in my computer. It's not in my XP installation disc either.
Do you people know where I can get a copy of it? Are there any other good compilers?

Another question:
I would like to program in the Windows environment. How can I do that with Basic?

www.qbasic.com
under downloads. But get a version of Visual basic as soon as you get the hang of QBASIC. It uses many of the same commands and (in my opinion) less stressful to use than QBASIC.

Dragon_Master · Jan 13th, 2006, 2:07 PM

You may want to learn a newer basic first... Qbasic is where I started - it's great but it takes some getting used to. It's old so, you may have trouble navigating the ide. You can't use VB to make windows apps - just qbasic interpeted DOS programs. VB is most definatly a good place to start windows programming. When you get used to that you should start C and C++.

Ooble · Jan 13th, 2006, 3:00 PM

Please, for the love of the sacred FSM, don't learn QBASIC. As the great Dijkstra said:

Quote:

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

However, Visual Basic - well, Visual Basic .NET at least - doesn't constitute as BASIC in my mind. It shares almost nothing with the language apart from the name. You can think of it as verbose C# if you really want.

You can get a free copy from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/.

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chi Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Basic help needed with Basic :) Please bear with me as I have just started learning programming. I intend to learn Basic, but I do not have QBASIC in my computer. It's not in my XP installation disc either. Do you people know where I can get a copy of it? Are there any other good compilers? Another question: I would like to program in the Windows environment. How can I do that with Basic?

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chi Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Clicking on the link, I still do not find a download page.

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Sane Programming Guru Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,827 Rep Power: 5	http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare...ads/qbasic.zip

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chi Newbie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	When I double-clicked on qbasic.exe, I got the following message: C:\unzipped\qbasic.exe C:\Program~1\Symantec\S32EVNT1.DLL. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization. Choose "Close to terminate the application.

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Dragon_Master Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Some where Posts: 74 Rep Power: 3	You may want to learn a newer basic first... Qbasic is where I started - it's great but it takes some getting used to. It's old so, you may have trouble navigating the ide. You can't use VB to make windows apps - just qbasic interpeted DOS programs. VB is most definatly a good place to start windows programming. When you get used to that you should start C and C++.

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