Qbasic is a language made up of instructions called statements. These will be written according to QBasic syntax rules. Programming a language into QBasic is a very basic programming language which is used to do anything from make a small game, to making a simple business program. Qbasic is also convenient because it works on most windows systems.
QBasic is a DOS interpreter, DOS stands for Disk Operating System and is a Microsoft Product. Although it is compatible with most Microsoft it is no longer used by Microsoft. It is used mainly in teaching new programmers their first language. Qbasic is considered to be boring because it is not a visual compiler, it is all text based. QBasic was originally invented to replace GW-Basic, which was the first version of a basic compiler and interpreters to come out.
Another reason that Qbasic is so popular with new programmers is because Qbasic is free! Qbasic is quick to learn and easy to use which is the reason that even though windows no longer creates programs using Qbasic, qbasic is still very popular with programmers both experienced and not.
Qbasic is also very good to use in the real world as well as in the programming world. Not only can it be used to make simple programs like games or a simple business program but it can also teach us easier ways to organize and translate the problems from day to day into more understandable, smaller problems to deal with.
It is easy to think of creating a plan as to how you will solve each problem step by step in plain English, or terms that everyone can understand. It give a good idea as to what the next step in the process will be and it also saves time and frustration.
Qbasic can be applied to real life as well as to computer programming, it’s all about how to handle information and translate that into a solution to the problem, and to make sure that the information is in a format that you can understand.
