Opening remarks

History of NS BASIC and AppStudio

• Company founded in 1993 to create development tools for mobile devices
• BASIC has always been the main programming language
• 1993: NS Basic/Newton
• 1998: NS Basic/CE
• 2000: NS Basic/Palm
• 2004: NS Basic/Symbian
• 2010: AppStudio
• Almost 20,000 users in 80+ countries
• Used by high schools in England, Canada, US and Australia
• Advantages of BASIC in teaching

Preview of the next 4 days

• Review the daily program
• Review the objectives of each day
• Mix of lectures and lab sessions
• Pair programming for lab sessions encouraged
• Day 1: The IDE and the Language
• Day 2: Web Services and Device Features
• Day 3: MultiMedia, Social Media and Saving Data
• Day 4: JavaScript, device quirks and deploying

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