The Beginner Developer Learning Center

Small Basic

 

Microsoft Small Basic puts the fun back into computer programming. With a friendly development environment that is very easy to master, a curriculum that you can use to learn Small Basic with separate lessons, and lots of sample code, Small Basic eases students of all ages into the world of programming.

Additional Learning

Here, you’ll find a list of links that we’ve put together so you can easily get to up-to-date training material that will get you started learning how to program.

Windows development  Windows development

Getting started with Windows Store app development
Learn how to develop Windows Store apps for using HTML5, JavaqScript, CSS3, XAML, C++, C#, VB, and more.

Learn how to develop for Windows desktop
Find links to training about Hilo, C++, Win32/COM, books, videos, code samples, and more.

Start Developing with Windows 7
Find top developer resources, watch videos, view online training, and develop your first applications.

 

Windows Phone development  Windows Phone development

Getting started with Windows Phone OS 7.1
Start developing games on the latest version of the Windows Phone development platform.

Windows Phone 7 Jump Start
Learn about Silverlight, XNA, Expression Blend, and more by using these 19 self-paced sessions.

Windows Phone Game Development Tutorial
Create of a 2D action game - called Shooter - on Windows, Xbox 360, or Windows Phone 7.

 

Windows development  Web development

Getting started with ASP.NET
Learn about the three approaches to building websites with ASP.NET: web pages, web forms, and MVC.

Getting started with Internet Explorer 9
Learn what Internet Explorer 9 has to offer, and then learn by topic like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Ajax, and more.

Web design and applications
Go to the W3C website to learn about HTML, CSS, graphics, audio and video, and more.

 

Windows development  Windows Azure development

Getting started with Windows Azure
Find resources, get started, and learn how to plan, develop, store, migrate, control, monitor, manage, connect and fix services and data in Windows Azure and SQL Azure.

What is the Windows Azure?
Watch a short video to learn about the Windows Azure.

 

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