General Tutorials

General Tutorials | Novice | Articles for the Blind | Optimizing Native Commands | Creating and Using Windows and Controls | Files and Directories | Sprites | Trapping User Events | Sound Events | Streamlining your code

Novice

• Getting Started with Liberty Basic 101
• Basics of Programming - lbjoseph
• Jumpstart for Beginners Introduction to programming concepts with LB. Begun by - jmuelver
• Programming Using Task, Object, Event (TOE) Charts
• Byte Mode Programming By Mervin Faulkner
• Fast FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions - RodBird
• Prompt
• NoMainWin
• Trapclose
• Debug Your Code - - Alyce
• RND(n) and RANDOMIZE - - Alyce
• Filling String Arrays - - Alyce
• Operations in a loop. Single-pass random optimal selection - - tsh73
• Operations in a loop. - - tsh73
• Debugging Techniques - - JackKelly6

Articles for the Blind

• BASIC for Blind Users - Ray McAllister
• BASIC for Blind Programmers - Ray McAllister

Optimizing Native Commands

• Coding with Sub Event Handlers - JanetTerra
• Function Fundamentals - Alyce
• Subroutines and Gosubs - Alyce
• Retrieving installed drive letters with Drives$ - Alyce
• Minimize CPU Usage in Scan Loops - DennisMcK
• ColorDialog - Alyce
• Running Control Panel Applets - Alyce

Creating and Using Windows and Controls

• The Liberty BASIC Menu Bar - JanetTerra Sep 24, 2006
• The Liberty BASIC Popup Menu - JanetTerra Sep 24, 2006
• Graphics Windows, Graphicboxes and Scrollbars - JanetTerra May 21, 2006
• Managing Multiple Windows - harmonv
• Buttons, Checkboxes, and Radiobuttons - JanetTerra Dec 3, 2009
• Displaying Multi-Line Text - StPendl Apr 18, 2010
• Combobox - Alyce May 5, 2011
• Chat Window Prototype - Alyce Oct 3, 2011
• Show and Hide Controls - Alyce May 18, 2012

Files and Directories

• Using the Files Statement - - alix
• Using Files as a General Purpose Interface - - BillBlack
• Creating, Reading, and Appending Sequential Text Files - JanetTerra
• Writing Data to and Retrieving Data from a Random Access file - JanetTerra

Sprites

• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson One: The Absolute Minimum! - - Alyce May 9, 2006
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Two: All About Masks - - Alyce May 10, 2006
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Three: Changing the Sprite Image - Alyce May 23, 2006
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Four: Moving a Sprite - Alyce Aug 29, 2006
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Five: User-Controlled Sprite - Alyce Mar 7, 2008
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Six: User-Controlled Sprite and Computer-Controlled Sprite - Alyce Mar 7, 2008
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Seven: Collision Detection and Scoring - Alyce Apr 21, 2009
• Sprite Byte Tutorials Lesson Eight: Manipulating the Background - Alyce Jan 20, 2010

Trapping User Events

• Capturing Keypresses with When characterInput and Inkey$ - JanetTerra May 15, 2006
• Trapping Mouse Actions and the When commands - JanetTerra Jun 9, 2006
• Smoother Animation with GetAsyncKeyState - JanetTerra Jan 1, 2008
• Joystick and Gamepad Input - RodBird

Sound Events

• Adding Sound to Your Program with Playwave - JanetTerra Dec 3, 2009
• Adding Music to Your Program with Playmidi - JanetTerra Dec 19, 2009

Streamlining your code

- StPendl Oct 29, 2011

• Chapter 1 - Starting the mission
• Chapter 2 - Using arrays to reduce redundant code
• Chapter 3 - Use variables for duplicate command strings
• Chapter 4 - Consolidate event handlers
• Chapter 5 - Apply mouse selection
• Chapter 6 - Remove radio buttons
• Chapter 7 - Use a single graphics box for the resistor display
• Chapter 8 - Further reduce the amount of GUI controls (Using hot-spots)
• Chapter 9 - Adding some eye-candy
• Chapter 10 - Summary

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