Beginners' Guide to Programming: Q-Basic and Liberty Basic

A beginner's, all-purpose symbolic instruction code or BASIC can be used to program your computer in a variety of different ways. In order to program a basic program you will need a compiler. Compilers of BASIC such as Q basic or Liberty Basic can be found on the Internet.

For the person new to programming BASIC is a very excellent choice. BASIC will show you how to use logic operations at a beginner's level and possibly provide a gateway to more difficult languages. With BASIC you can make simple mathematical formulas to complex games. You can have user input into a computer through an input device and can print out on screen any data you decide to implement in your program.

Although Q basic/Liberty basic is a great compiler, it cannot create standalone applications. This means that you would be required to open Q basic/Liberty basic every time you want to run a program. To clear the screen of all previous commands simply use the command CLS. To have anything printed out on the screen use the command PRINT "". The thing you want to print goes in between the quotes. If you would like the use of the input something and store it in a variable use the command INPUT ""; . In which variable is the variable to store your data from the INPUT statement. Formulas are very simple to input just pick a variable name then set it equal to the expression.

BASIC can be expanded to cover a slew of programs with other commands but you can accomplish many programs those common commands. After being very experienced with this program you may want to experiment with much harder compilers such as java, C, C++, visual basic and python. Stick with Q basic until you thoroughly understand it and then move on. Personally after using Q basic I went right ahead to java and found little difficulty in making the transition. Good luck and happy programming.