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Your First BASIC program
Explains how to use the computer language Basic to write fundamental programs for the Atari computer. Explains how to use the computer language Basic to write fundamental programs for the Atari computer.
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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May 12, 2021
This book launched my entire tech career, which is still going strong. I remember almost none of the details but the structure, pacing, respectful yet helpful tone, all served to shape the foundation of what would become a life-changing adventure that still delights me to this day.
The helpful dragon made it exciting for a nine-year boy. While my friends were playing Starblazers on their fancy Apple IIc's, I had either the cartridge-based Epson or a fancy tower-sized "portable" with a 4" green CRT and futuristic 5 1/4 floppies.
Both ran BASIC, or GBASIC, or some other odd fork. I found joy, and beauty, in writing code via this book. I spent rapt nights entering in line after line of text, trying not to skip ahead and start modifying the code to my own ideas.
I gave my original copy to a junior dev that I thought wanted to really learn to code. I regret that to this day but I'd do it again, just for the chance to perhaps teach or light the same fire that this book did for me.
The helpful dragon made it exciting for a nine-year boy. While my friends were playing Starblazers on their fancy Apple IIc's, I had either the cartridge-based Epson or a fancy tower-sized "portable" with a 4" green CRT and futuristic 5 1/4 floppies.
Both ran BASIC, or GBASIC, or some other odd fork. I found joy, and beauty, in writing code via this book. I spent rapt nights entering in line after line of text, trying not to skip ahead and start modifying the code to my own ideas.
I gave my original copy to a junior dev that I thought wanted to really learn to code. I regret that to this day but I'd do it again, just for the chance to perhaps teach or light the same fire that this book did for me.
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