The Small Basic category on TechNet Gallery

The Small Basic category/tag on TechNet Gallery is growing!

You can see the items that have the most downloads here:

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Tag&f%5B0%5D.Value=Small%20Basic&f%5B0%5D.Text=Small%20Basic&sortBy=Downloads

What TechNet Gallery Tags Should We Use?

We categorize in the Gallery with tags. Here are the tags to use for Small Basic:

1. Small Basic - All items relating to Small Basic
2. Small Basic Games
3. Small Basic Programs
4. Small Basic Images - Images to be used in Small Basic games and programs
5. Small Basic Extensions
6. Small Basic Whitepapers
7. Small Basic Decks
8. Small Basic Spreadsheets
9. Small Basic Promotions - Any promotional items, like videos, posters, logos, or flyers

Why Use TechNet Gallery?

So you have stuff to upload, right? You know... Small Basic games, extensions, and even whitepapers, decks, spreadsheets, or images (or at least, I do).

So that means you need a host. You can upload it onto OneDrive or another cloud-based host.

But if you put it on TechNet Gallery, then...

1. It's instantly part of the Small Basic category of items.
2. It's going to be found more easily by search engines (you're likely going to get more downloads and views).
3. People can rate it so you can get a sense of how well it's doing.
4. The number of downloads is transparent, so you can easily see how well it's doing.
5. People can ask questions in the "Q and A" tab.
6. You have lots of ways to categorize it and explain it before they download it.
7. You can easily and clearly replace it with an updated version.
8. People will go from it to your other Gallery items and to your Profile (to see what you've been doing on the Forums and Wiki as well, and where they'll find a link to your website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and/blog).
9. You'll earn Recognition Points and Achievement Medals, which adds to your reputation.

What Can You Put on the TechNet Gallery?

1. Games & Programs

Smaller games work for the Publish button (sharing the URL and Import Code), but for larger games, especially games built with extensions, you'll need to share the entire executable. Examples:

2. Images

If you have an image or a set of images that are great to be used for Small Basic games or programs, and you want to share them with the community, then this is the place to share them! Example:

Small Basic: Turtle Bitmap for Another Turtle Project: PNG Image by Nonki Takahashi                                                       27,299 Points               This is a Turtle image formatted as PNG file.  This image is for Small Basic Another Turtle Project  here.  My intension is to refer this image directly from Small Basic programs.  This image is made with Paint program attached in Windows.  And added transparent color with GIMP.

Updated 8/1/2014         Released 6/11/2014

Small Basic: DuckShoot Images: PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation  by Nonki Takahashi                                                       27,299 Points               This file is a Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation.  Following three image files are created from this presentation by [Save as Picture] option.Duck.png with transparent background color.Duck2.png with opaque background color.Sighter.png with transparent background.

Updated 7/13/2014         Released 7/13/2014

3. Extensions

Why put your extensions up in a place that's separate from all the other extensions? Instead, you can upload them into a library of extensions. Example:

Small Basic Pulse Position Modulation Extension by litdev          27,299 Points                                 This is a Visual Studio C# project to create an extension dll for Small Basic. The extension code is quite simple and can be modified to create PPM (Pulse Position Modulation) sound signals to control RC (remote control) devices.

Updated 6/10/2014       Released 6/10/2014               232 Downloads

4. White Papers

Got a long Wiki article or want to turn all your Wiki articles into a small e-book? Well you can, and then upload your white paper as a PDF to the Gallery. Example:

Microsoft Small Basic: An Introduction to Programming by Ed Price - MSFT           288,856 Points                             Small Basic is a programming language that is designed to make programming extremely easy, approachable, and fun for beginners.  Small Basic’s intention is to bring down the barrier and serve as a stepping stone to the amazing world of computer programming.

Updated 8/9/2013         Released 11/11/2012         277 Downloads

5. PowerPoint Decks

If you taught Small Basic or presented on it, you can share that with the community! Examples:

6. Spreadsheets

You can also share data about Small Basic! Examples:

Small Basic - Monthly Challenge Statistics by Jibba Jabba                               2,492 Points                        These statistics are produced and updated by the Small Basic Community, for the Community. They report and graph the Replies, Votes and Views for all the Small Basic Monthly Challenges as at June 4, 2014.

Updated 6/5/2014         Released 6/4/2014

Small Basic: Challenge of the Month: Excel Workbook by Nonki Takahashi                                                       3,747 Points               This is an Excel workbook which contaiins a table of all past Small Basic Challenge of the Month.  Challenge of the Month is started in 2011 to present challenges for Small Basic programmers.  Microsoft Small Basic is a simple progamming language for people who learn programming.

Updated 6/6/2014         Released 6/5/2014

7. Small Basic Promotions

These are all the promotional items, including images, videos, logos, posters, flyers, etc. Anything you'd use to promote Small Basic, whether on a website or at an event.

Here are all the Gallery items, listed by Release Date:

https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Tag&f%5B0%5D.Value=Small%20Basic&f%5B0%5D.Text=Small%20Basic&sortBy=Date

 Thank you to all the contributors!

    - Ninja Ed