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BASIC Fundamentals

Learn FreeBASIC: a modern descendant of QuickBASIC. Yes, BASIC is still alive — used in retro computing, game dev hobbyism, and as a gentle on-ramp for absolute beginners. The language that taught a generation to program in the 80s and 90s.

beginner6 lessons3 chapters6 graded exercisesBasic

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What you’ll be able to do

Chapter by chapter. Every lesson ends in a graded exercise.

  • Basics
  • Control Flow
  • Subs, Functions, Arrays
Taught in Basic, graded on a real executor.

Curriculum

3 chapters, 6 lessons. Each lesson is a short read and a graded exercise.

  1. 1Hello, BASICRead · exercise
  2. 2Variables and MathRead · exercise
BASIC Fundamentals