BASIC Lessons                                               -*-org-*-

2012/2/10

Gave T her first programming lesson in the train on the way and back
from the secondary school she'll start at in April.

We used Bas 2.1 on my Zaurus SL-C1000.

The lesson covered:

- Programming basics: NEW, LIST, SAVE, LOAD, line numbers, adding
  lines, immediate mode
- Displaying text: PRINT, displaying, text, numbers, and variables,
  displaying multiple lines, displaying multiple items on line,
- Arithmetic operators: + - * /
- User input and variables: INPUT

T's interest makes me think I should translate some of the Creative
Computing games to Japanese for the kids' entertainment ans
inspiration. I think having a few sample Japanese programs is more
important than getting the whole collection up on either RetroNET or
Twenex.org. 

Maybe I should make the project a multi-site, multi-platform,
multi-year affair. I work program-by-program, keep a blog and big
scoreboard updated with progress, and publish program-by-program,
platform-by-platform as I get each ready.