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"Unfortunately, most of us don’t have a pre-existing knowledge of programming. My limited experience with Basic allowed me to bumble my way through a few basic commands, but I quickly felt the need to turn to a tutorial. On SmileBasic’s eShop listing it is marketed as an “educational” game. A way to learn the basics of Basic. On the main menu you’ll find an option for an online tutorial. While I thought it odd that this would be online rather than simply included in the digital manual, I decided to play along and choose this option."
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Nintendo Life: We've said it before, and we'll say it again: The general-purpose, relatively simple programming environments of the BASIC family are a great place to get started with coding. Developer SmileBoom first brought its own variant of BASIC to DSiWare in 2012 with the charming Petit Computer, and now is back and stronger than ever with SmileBASIC (known as Petit Computer 3 in Japan). This edition expands its scope to open up for all of the nifty hardware features the 3DS has to offer, while making some smart changes to become more user friendly.
SmileBoom is bringing programming software to the eShop on Nintendo 3DS with SmileBASIC, letting anyone create video games, calculators and more.
