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DarkBASIC Discussion / High School Intro class

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Javert
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Hi,

I just heard of darkBasic, and have not looked into it at all. I was wondering if this is suitable for an introductory high school class in programming...or if the students need to already be somehwat proficient in a language.

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Ira

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Ashingda 27
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Posted: 21st Dec 2008 08:54 Edited at: 21st Dec 2008 08:57
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This would be great for introduction to programming. I learned some Basic language back in high school and I enjoyed it thoroughly even though that version was NOTHING like DarkBasic.

I only had a short time but it taught me things I'd never forget and later pursued deeper into it. I thank that teacher very much for getting me exposed to this world and that was just suppose to be a regular integrated Computer 1 elective course.
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BN2 Productions
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This is a great language to start out with, mainly because it is mostly in english, rather than more code like language. For instance:

Position Object 1,5,3,5 is relatively simple to read and understand.

At the same time it is powerful, allowing you to do some cool stuff with basic knowledge and then MUCH more complicated and MUCH cooler stuff with more experience.

And of course, there is a great community here that will answer any and all questions for people (and we have had some pretty weird ones too).

Personally, I started out with a Learn To Program BASIC cd and then branched into DarkBASIC, so I had a leg up. However, I was able to learn quite a bit without ever taking a programming class (still haven't, which may be kind of obvious from some of my code at times), which speaks to the ease of the language to pick up.

Ever notice how in Microsoft word, the word "microsoft" is auto corrected to be "Microsoft" but "macintosh" just gets the dumb red underline?
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BlobVanDam
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Posted: 21st Dec 2008 12:56
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DB is great for perfect for learning to program. BASIC is an extremely easy language to learn with because the formatting is so simple, and DBPro is powerful enough to do a lot of fun stuff to keep people's interest while they learn, and it's also extremely easy to get something interesting on screen.
So not only does it have an easy learning curve, but it's one of the most fun languages to learn because it takes so little to make DBPro do something useful (like load images, graphics, sound and play around with them).
So I'd say DBPro is perfect for that particular situation. I actually got our software design teacher in high school to get copies of DarkBASIC for the school (this would have been 5 years ago now). So it has been done!
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Libervurto
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Dark Basic is just BASIC with a cool name
The purpose of it was to make 3D programming easy for a relative beginner. So I'd say it's perfect!

Quote: "Ira"

IRA?


Goke of the day: I coded an AI replica of Steve Irwin. It crashed because of a string array.
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