Book Files

The entire text of "So You Want to Learn to Program?" is available as a PDF and may be downloaded using the link to the right. Below you will find the BASIC-256 code from the chapters of the book.

Chapter 1: Meeting BASIC-256 – Say Hello.

• No files to download.

Chapter 2: Drawing Basic Shapes.

• Programs from Chapter 2
• circlesmile.kbs
• cube.kbs
• greyspots.kbs
• plot.kbs
• rectanglesmile.kbs
• talkingface.kbs
• triangle.kbs

Chapter 3: Sound and Music.

• Programs from Chapter 3
• charge.kbs
• charge2.kbs
• littlefuge.kbs
• numericvariables.kbs
• sounds.kbs
• soundslist.kbs

Chapter 4: Thinking Like a Programmer.

• Programs from Chapter 4
• schoolbus.kbs

Chapter 5: Your Program Asks for Advice

• Programs from Chapter 5
• ilikeinput.kbs
• ilikejim.kbs
• mathwiz.kbs
• sayname.kbs
• sillystory.kbs

Chapter 6: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

• Programs from Chapter 6
• coinflip.kbs
• coinflip2.kbs
• compareages.kbs
• dice.kbs
• dieroll.kbs

Chapter 7: Looping and Counting - Do it Again and Again

• Programs from Chapter 7
• bouncingball.kbs
• dountil.kbs
• dountilfor.kbs
• for.kbs
• forstep2.kbs
• forstepneg1.kbs
• kalidescope.kbs
• moire.kbs
• whilefor.kbs
• whiletrue.kbs

Chapter 8: Custom Graphics – Creating Your Own Shapes

• Programs from Chapter 8
• aflowerforyou.kbs
• bigredarrow.kbs
• graphichello.kbs
• resizegraphics.kbs
• stamptri.kbs
• stamptri2.kbs

Chapter 9: Subroutines – Reusing Code

• Programs from Chapter 9
• gosubdemo.kbs
• gotodemo.kbs
• roll2dice.kbs
• textclock.kbs
• textclockimproved.kbs

Chapter 10: Mouse Control – Moving Things Around

• Programs from Chapter 10
• colorchooser.kbs
• mouseclick.kbs
• mousetrack.kbs

Chapter 11: Keyboard Control – Using the Keyboard to Do Things

• Programs from Chapter 11
• fallinglettergame.kbs
• moveball.kbs
• readkey.kbs

Chapter 12: Images, WAVs, and Sprites

• Programs from Chapter 12
• imgload_greenball.kbs
• imgload_picasso.kbs
• spinner.kbs
• sprite_bumper.kbs
• sprite_1ball.kbs
• sprite_paddleball.kbs
• Media Files from Chapter 12
• 4359__NoiseCollector__PongBlipF4.wav
• 4361__NoiseCollector__pongblipA_3.wav
• 92481__sagitaurius__weird.wav
• 96631__CGEffex__Ricochet_metal3.wav
• 96632__CGEffex__Ricochet_metal4.wav
• 96633__CGEffex__Ricochet_metal5.wav
• blueball.png
• greenball.png
• picasso_selfport1907.jpg
• redball.png

Chapter 13: Arrays – Collections of Information

• Programs from Chapter 13
• arrayassign.kbs
• grades.kbs
• listoffriends.kbs
• manyballbounce.kbs
• manyballsprite.kbs
• mathpoly.kbs
• numeric1d.kbs
• redim.kbs
• shadowstamp.kbs
• size.kbs
• spacechirp.kbs
• spacepong.kbs (Bonus)
• spacewarp.kbs
• Media Files from Chapter 13
• greenball.png

Chapter 14: Mathematics – More Fun With Numbers

• Programs from Chapter 14
• intceilfloor.kbs
• integerdivision.kbs
• longdivision.kbs
• mod.kbs
• moveballmod.kbs
• power.kbs
• righttrangle.kbs

Chapter 15: Working with Strings

• Programs from Chapter 15
• instr.kbs
• leftrigntmid.kbs
• length.kbs
• radix.kbs
• string.kbs
• upperlower.kbs

Chapter 16: Files – Storing Information For Later.

• Programs from Chapter 16
• appendwrite.kbs
• phonelist.kbs
• readfile.kbs
• resetwrite.kbs

Chapter 17: Stacks, Queues, Lists, and Sorting

• Programs from Chapter 17
• bubblesort.kbs
• insertionsort.kbs
• linkedlist.kbs
• queue.kbs
• stack.kbs

Chapter 18: Runtime Error Trapping

• Programs from Chapter 18
• simpletrap.kbs
• simpletrap_message.kbs
• trapoff.kbs

Chapter 19: Database Programming

• Programs from Chapter 19
• dbcreate.kbs
• dbinsert.kbs
• dbselect.kbs
• dbupdate.kbs

Chapter 20: Connecting with a Network

• Programs from Chapter 20
• battle.kbs
• chat.kbs
• simple_client.kbs
• simple_server.kbs