NintendoLife: There are few better places to learn programming than within the BASIC family — heck, it's in the name — which offers general-purpose, relatively simple environments in which to learn the ropes and concepts of coding. Petit Computer is a powerful BASIC coding environment, a type of homebrew application seldom.
It's another Monday morning, but it's also another Nintendo Download update for Europe. The star of this week's show is undoubtedly an eagerly anticipated Wii U retail release, but we also have a variety of titles — old and new — covering every Nintendo platform.
Petit Computer arrived on North American DSiWare in mid-July, and since that time a number of enthusiastic programmers have no doubt been getting accustomed to the BASIC coding language. The app has already had a positive impact in Japan, with an enthusiastic community that has been producing and sharing innovative games on the humble DSi for a number of months.
Now that Petit Computer has branched out of Japan, Nintendo Life spoke to Kobayashi-san, CEO of SmileBoom Co., Ltd, to learn more about its development and why BASIC still matters.
What's the coolest thing you can do with new technology? Make it so that it will imitate old technology, of course! Take a look at Petit Computer, a new download for DSi and 3DS from SmileBoom.
