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13 Dec 2013
Updated: 13 Dec 2013
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Some of my observations about coding today and what it takes to be able to produce valuable software.
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2 Aug 2014
Updated: 2 Aug 2014
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I just have to say that I am getting very excited about some of the things both Intel and Microsoft are working on.
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10 Jan 2015
Updated: 10 Jan 2015
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The rise of the tiny Windows device
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3 Jan 2017
Updated: 3 Jan 2017
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IOT (Internet of Things), maker devices (ie. Raspberry PI like devices) and mobile PC devices (ie. phablet) all require software which can perform on minimal hardware. So how does one get such performance ? How can the hobby (“maker”) developers be helped to produce better software ? How
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23 Mar 2016
Updated: 23 Mar 2016
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This series of articles is about getting started in using the PowerBasic Windows native code compiler.
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10 May 2016
Updated: 10 May 2016
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The myth about BASIC
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12 Feb 2014
Updated: 12 Feb 2014
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With mobile computing taking hold, programmers are looking for ways to produce smaller and faster applications.
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9 Dec 2016
Updated: 9 Dec 2016
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Exciting ! Amazing ! Wonderful ! OK, maybe that is a bit much, but it is exciting to see Microsofts move to support x86 emulation on ARM based Windows 10 mobile devices. From what I have read so far, the x86 emulation will only support 32 bit WIN32 (x86) applications, but that is fine by me.
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6 Apr 2018
Updated: 6 Apr 2018
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A better Windows experience for Maker Devices and IOT
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19 Dec 2013
Updated: 19 Dec 2013
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How to teach students to code inexpensively
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24 Mar 2014
Updated: 25 Mar 2014
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What is code minimalism
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8 Oct 2014
Updated: 8 Oct 2014
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Having been programming since the 1980′s, I often wonder what has happened to programming. When learning something new from a technology book I would often gauge the books quality on how simply the topic was explained and how quickly I could grasp the subject.
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29 Mar 2016
Updated: 29 Mar 2016
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A generation of non-coders
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15 Sep 2016
Updated: 15 Sep 2016
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“We need more coders”, “Everybody needs to learn to code”, “Coding should be a basic requirement in education”, …. Have you heard or read comments similar to these ? What does this have to do with classic Visual Basic ? BASIC and the hobby programmer Why wo
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14 Apr 2014
Updated: 14 Apr 2014
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This post discusses how BASIC is still misunderstood even after 50 years
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15 May 2014
Updated: 15 May 2014
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With all the interest in the “Internet of Things”, currently being discussed in the programming world, it is worth reexamining our approaches to developing software. One thing is for sure, building fast executing software for tinier and tinier devices requires some real rethinking.
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24 Mar 2016
Updated: 24 Mar 2016
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How to get started with the PowerBasic Compiler
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5 May 2016
Updated: 5 May 2016
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Copy and paste - a programmer's nightmare
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13 May 2016
Updated: 13 May 2016
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Makers, the technology and the approach
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29 Feb 2016
Updated: 29 Feb 2016
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Windows, IOT, Raspberry PI, Intel, Win32 and BASIC
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27 Dec 2016
Updated: 27 Dec 2016
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It is time !!! Yes, it is time for a replacement for the Raspberry PI and an Intel (x86) based device running real Windows 10. Why do I say this ? The $99 Windows tablet has been surpassed ! If you read my past article, entitled “The $99 Windows tablet.
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28 Jan 2015
Updated: 28 Jan 2015
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In the Windows world, software development can easily become stagnated if developers push too much for more higher level functionality at the expense of low level functionality.
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6 Jun 2016
Updated: 6 Jun 2016
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Time to get back to BASICs for Windows IOT and Mobile – native coding !
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2 Jan 2014
Updated: 2 Jan 2014
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How to make Windows 9.x better
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4 Mar 2014
Updated: 4 Mar 2014
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Maybe this is only possible in my imagination, but I really do think it could be possible and if so it could bring Windows to a totally different use than ever imagined before.
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14 Jul 2014
Updated: 14 Jul 2014
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Windows and the internet of things
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Artificial Intelligence
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19 Feb 2013
Updated: 19 Feb 2013
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Today's development tools are becoming so complex that it makes one wonder, what has happened to software development.
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Desktop Programming
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2 Jun 2015
Updated: 2 Jun 2015
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Lessons learned from legacy Windows programming
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1 Feb 2018
Updated: 2 Feb 2018
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The elusive Control Spy utility is a WIN32 programmers friend. Control Spy is a unique set of examples of how the common controls work when writing software using the WIN32 API. The last version I personally downloaded was the 2.
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4 Sep 2019
Updated: 4 Sep 2019
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Visual Basic 6.0 just doesn’t want to disappear. Why ? Likely many have written vital applications using VB 6.0 and Visual Basic dot.net is so different that it is not a viable option.
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13 Sep 2016
Updated: 13 Sep 2016
Rating: 4.79/5
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WIN32, the Assembler language of Windows, key to building GUI frameworks!
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2 Nov 2016
Updated: 2 Nov 2016
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One of the challenges which I have felt made the WIN32 API dfficult to learn is that it leaned heavily on C and as a long time BASIC programmer, I always felt the C language syntax was terse in nature and that it lacked the natural syntax of languages like BASIC.
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8 Nov 2015
Updated: 8 Nov 2015
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The challenges of building a Visual Designer
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28 Feb 2024
Updated: 28 Feb 2024
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BASIC: A powerful language often underestimated and undervalued
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Internet of Things
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3 Mar 2019
Updated: 3 Mar 2019
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I have followed stories about learning to code in education and am intrigued by what I have read.
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Mobile Apps
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18 May 2016
Updated: 18 May 2016
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While many companies have been trying to jump onto the Smart Phone bandwagon over the years, Windows devices seem to have had a troubled path there.
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27 Mar 2013
Updated: 27 Mar 2013
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Only Microsoft really knows what it has planned for future versions of Windows.
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1 May 2013
Updated: 1 May 2013
Rating: 4.11/5
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The power of the Win32 API!
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19 Feb 2013
Updated: 19 Feb 2013
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From the perspective of a non-Microsoft language developer, what do I think is part of the problem?
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12 Mar 2013
Updated: 12 Mar 2013
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How to optimize software for Windows and tablets.
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21 Mar 2013
Updated: 21 Mar 2013
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What could be done to make Windows 8 tablets more popular?
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26 Feb 2013
Updated: 26 Feb 2013
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By using a procedural based approach using such a three tiered system, I strongly believe that operating systems could be designed to be simpler, faster and smaller, which is exactly what we need today for our mobile platforms.
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10 Nov 2014
Updated: 10 Nov 2014
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IOT, Makers and Windows
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Programming Languages
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4 Sep 2017
Updated: 4 Sep 2017
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BASIC is one of the most misunderstood programming languages! Mention BASIC to a current software developer and one quickly finds out that it is not viewed favorably by most programmers.
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19 Apr 2017
Updated: 19 Apr 2017
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After years of learning how Windows works under the “hood”, as a WIN32 API programmer, I can look back at classic Visual Basic from a different perspective and see how it could have been designed better right from the start. As a long time BASIC programmer, I appreciated how easy it was
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7 Jan 2014
Updated: 7 Jan 2014
Rating: 4.92/5
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Software development for today's mobile would benefit from something which would surprise you
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20 Apr 2013
Updated: 20 Apr 2013
Rating: 3.33/5
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Is Object Oriented Programming Overrated?
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15 Nov 2022
Updated: 15 Nov 2022
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More about BASIC and what can be accomplished with the language
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3 Apr 2013
Updated: 3 Apr 2013
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The key to future versions of BASIC is to first view them as a professional language.
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5 May 2018
Updated: 5 May 2018
Rating: 2.14/5
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The latest news about Windows 10 Lean version of Windows sounds exciting, but it is not enough.
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Tablet
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25 Feb 2013
Updated: 25 Feb 2013
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I am just waiting for the first Windows 8 small footprint tablet, 7 inch screen and so thin and lite it just weighs nothing in my hands.
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