How to start programming with thinBasic
Scripting is a whole set of languages, and can be done for many different
things. Scripting can also be one of the easiest types of programming. It is
also a quick way to get productive doing some basic programming. I believe that
people get the most out of something when they are able to see the results of
their work immediately.
Many of the concepts learned doing scripting can later be applied
to other computer languages, so it is not like scripting is wasted effort
(knowledge). This is a great way to start, and introduce yourself to programming
and many of its concepts.
Examples
After having installed thinBasic you will
find a directory called
\thinBasic\SampleScripts\
That directory is than organized by
subdirectories one for each argument covered by
thinBasic.
A good way to start learning thinBasic is to
check into \SampleScripts\ directory and execute some of the many (more than 400) examples
provided. But how to execute a script: just
double click on a thinBasic script and it will
executed on the fly. No compilation, no
intermediate code: just execution.
Modify / Create
Ok, now you have executed some thinBasic
scripts and you would like to modify some of
them or write new. No problem, we have developed
a nice IDE editor called thinAir. thinAir is the
perfect companion for developing thinBasic
applications. Just right click on a thinBasic
script and from the context menu choose
"Edit": thinAir will open the script
and you can start to implement your own version.
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