#### Welcome to the Beginner Tutorial ThinBasic is an interpreted programming language. The technical details of what this means is beyond the scope of this tutorial. Put simply, though, thinBasic is designed with syntax close to the original BASIC, thus appealing to the beginner. Yet the language has been enhanced to provide for the needs of the seasoned programmer. This brief first tutorial will help you to get started. #### Directory Structure After you successfully install ThinBASIC, the following directory structure will be present in the thinBasic folder on your hard drive: Bin Help Inc Lib Licence Mod SampleScripts SDK Sessions ThinAIR UserScripts The directories marked in green are of interest to beginners and newcomers, orange directories for advanced users, and red directories mostly cover things needed for ThinBASIC's proper functionality. The program ThinAIR is thinBasic's official IDE, which stands for "integrated development enviroment." Put simply, this is the program you will use to edit, save and launch your own thinBasic scripts. You can write your scripts from scratch or use the various predefined templates and code examples from the SampleScripts directory. Pressing F5 will immediately execute your scripts with no wait time. All of ThinAIR's files, including the main program file, can be found in the ThinAIR directory. The help files for thinBasic and ThinAIR (as well as some other specialized help files) can be found in the Help directory. They can also be accessed from ThinAIR's Help menu or by pressing the F1 key.