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How I got started: the "big kids" at school showed me how to play Qbasic Nibbles on our school computers, circa 1999-2000. I remember the first things I did was
by ashleyn 7y ago
How I got started: the "big kids" at school showed me how to play Qbasic Nibbles on our school computers, circa 1999-2000. I remember the first things I did was try to add "cheat codes" to Nibbles, and then use PRINT/INPUT to make a joke DOS prompt.
About three years later I get a hand-me-down Windows 95 machine with Qbasic on it, and I set out to make my own "operating system". This was actually a pretty popular thing to do at the time...here's an entire website full of 'em, where I published my own MS-DOS GUI as a teenager: http://qbasicgui.datacomponents.net/ http://qbasicgui.datacomponents.net/
Today, I do very well as a senior developer wearing multiple programming hats at my company and I'm close to cashing in some of that stock to develop my own video game. It all started with Qbasic.
- vesche 7y agoThat's awesome. It seems that Qbasic inspired many, it being included with 95, 98, and Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QBasic#History I'm a senior cyber security engineer and also a polygot :) Video games sound more fun, I still make some in my free time.
- suff 7y agoYes! A lot of us got our start with QB. After all, we're all alike. I was immediately off to the races when I discovered Excel VBA is 98% QB. Promotions and raises soon followed, from automating massive amounts of work. Now I am very senior in the field. (intentionally vague)
- mysterydip 7y agoI know this is old news now, but I never knew this stuff existed! I wanted to make something similar back in the day. You've given me a rabbit hole of nostalgia to peruse, thanks :)