Popular as a beginner programming language in the 80’s and evolving into a powerful professional tool in 90’s, BASIC (and its successor QBasic), helped many people develop a love for programming. …

Microsoft QuickBASIC (also QB) is an Integrated Development Environment (or IDE) and compiler for the BASIC programming language that was developed by Microsoft. QuickBASIC runs mainly on MS …

This handy tool copies the selected versions of BASIC (QBasic 1.1, QuickBASIC 4.5, QuickBASIC Extended 7.1 and/or Visual Basic for DOS) with just a few clicks to your hard drive and creates …

Oct 12, 2018 · Pete's QBASIC Site is a resource for QBASIC and QuickBasic programmers, and seeks to promote and perpetuate the QuickBasic programming language and online community.

Aug 21, 2025 · QuickBasic was a commercially available Basic compiler suitable for creating standalone executable files written in Basic, a programming language that most 1980s home computers …

Microsoft QuickBASIC was released in August 1985 and, while not the first BASIC which did not require line numbers (not even by Microsoft), it quickly became the practical reference of what was to be the …

QB64 is a modern implementation of QuickBASIC, designed to work seamlessly on Windows 10. It enables you to write BASIC programs that are both backward-compatible with legacy QuickBASIC …

Mar 25, 2025 · QB64 is a modern self-hosting BASIC compiler that brings classic QBasic/QuickBASIC programs into the modern era. It enables legacy code to run on today’s operating systems with …

Microsoft QuickBASIC (often abbreviated correctly as QB or incorrectly as QBasic) is a descendant of the BASIC programming language that Microsoft Corporation developed for use with the MS-DOS …

Nov 5, 2025 · QB64 is a modern extended BASIC programming language with embedded OpenGL support that retains QuickBASIC 4.5 and QBasic compatibility and compiles native binaries for …