Courses Offered
Intro
to Programming with Liberty BASIC
Classes are open now! Enrollment includes a $29.95 copy of Liberty
BASIC SILVER, absolutely FREE!
From the ground up you will learn programming using Liberty BASIC, a classic BASIC language updated for modern computers. No previous experience is required in this fun online course! You will learn about:
- Programming basics
- Logic and structure
- Debugging
- Reading and writing files
- Creating graphical user interfaces
- Drawing computer graphics
- Software design
- Modularity
Study at your own convenience. Come to the online classroom when it fits into your schedule!
When you have completed this course, you will be ready to write your own software in Liberty BASIC. Then, continue your studies Liberty BASIC or in another programming languages. Click here for details about enrollment.
Prerequisites - Each student must have access to a computer running Microsoft Windows and a copy of Liberty BASIC v4.01 (free SILVER license with your enrollment!) must also be installed. In addition each student must have Internet access and a web browser.
Here is an overview of this online learning session. In our online forums you
will be able to interact with the instructor and with other students to discuss
the finer points of the lessons. Your instructor will provides personal insights
into the finer points and of the history of the subject matter of computer
programming!
Certification: This is not a certificate course. You will have
assignments to work through, and self study quizzes to complete, but your work
will not be graded by the instructor.
Format: This is a web-based course. Each section of the study material
will have its own message area where students will interact with the instructor
and each other. Students will be encouraged to help each other on the message
forums. There will also be a lounge area so students can interact casually and
get to know each other.
Lessons
Lesson One
Our first lesson covers: A Hairy Short History of Programming - The BASIC
programming language - Introducing Liberty BASIC Making an Impression - PRINT
and NOTICE - Math - String and numeric literals - Thinking Green with PRINT -
It's Not Easy Being Green - Using your printer with Liberty BASIC
Lesson Two
Juggling Information - Variables - INPUT and PROMPT - Things you can do,
especially with strings - Using the debugger - Lesson Two Exercises
Lesson Three
Decisions, decisions! - Branch labels - GOTO - looping - IF THEN -
comparison operators - IF THEN/ELSE/END IF
Lesson Four
Getting loopy with Iterators - FOR/NEXT - WHILE/WEND - Good practices
Lesson Five
Software Refactoring and Reuse - Modularity - Reuse - CALL and SUB - User
Functions
Lesson Six
Using Arrays - Index Out of Bounds - Playing the Numbers - Arrays are
Globally Scoped
Lesson Seven
Reading and Writing Sequential Files, Part 1 - OPEN - CLOSE - PRINT - Let's
take it for a spin - Reading from a file
Lesson Eight
Programming the Windows Graphical User Interface - Your first window! -
Adjusting window size and position - Adding a button - Adding an entry field
with TEXTBOX - Print is optional - Labeling with statictext controls - Trapping
a window close event
Lesson Nine
Drawing Graphics with Liberty BASIC - Virtual Canvas - Graphics in a non
graphics window - Managing drawing segments - A graph plotting example - The
Simplest Way to Draw With Segments - Working with Bitmaps - Capturing Keyboard
Activity - Detecting Mouse Actions