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Getting Involved with twinBASIC

• GitHub Issue Tracker (report bugs)
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General user documentation for twinBASIC. Contribute to twinbasic/documentation development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Past twinBASIC Presentations

twinBASIC Debut Video at DevCon 2021

If you had never heard of twinBASIC prior to today's presentation, the video below will provide some much-needed context. It does a good job of covering the new language features introduced with twinBASIC.

Keep in mind, this presentation took place about a week after the very first alpha release of the twinBASIC language. Let's just say, the project has progressed more than just a bit since then.

The video is available on YouTube:

twinBASIC First Birthday Video at DevCon 2022

Karl invited me back the following year to provide an update on twinBASIC after its first full year of development. The video includes multiple live demos of real world use cases for integrating twinBASIC into Microsoft Access and the VBA development environment.

The video is available on YouTube:

twinBASIC + Access: Future Plans at DevCon 2023

For the third year in a row, Karl brought me back to provide my now-annual update on the progress of twinBASIC. The focus in this presentation was how twinBASIC might integrate with Microsoft Access one day. I covered how twinBASIC will–and also will not–likely be used by Access developers in the future.

The video is available on YouTube:

DevCon 2024: VBIDE Addin Creation with twinBASIC

In my fourth annual DevCon Vienna talk, I demonstrated how this modern programming language can enhance Microsoft Access development.

Through a hands-on demo, I showed how quickly developers can create and customize Access add-ins using twinBASIC, with a special focus on creating strongly-typed collection classes–a task that's traditionally cumbersome in VBA. I highlighted key improvements to the development environment and showcased the new Windows Development Library package that simplifies API calls.

The video is available on YouTube:

twinBASIC at UKAUG in Oxford (Nov 2024)

NOTE: There is no recording available for this presentation. The link below is for the slide deck and related resources. However, the slide deck includes additional details about some of the new features added since DevCon 2024 that I did not have time to cover in today's half session.

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