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There are quite a few websites dedicated to Liberty BASIC programming. I have a few favorites, and I'd like to tell you about them. I'll list them in no particular order and tell you what I like about each one.

The Liberty BASIC Forum [http://libertybasic.conforums.com/]

The forum is composed of several separate message boards. This allows you to read the subjects that interest you and skip the others. If you have no use for API programming, then you never need to read that message board! Within a board, the topics are threaded, so you can read an entire topic, both the message and all replies, on one page. If there are lots of replies, the thread may continue on to a second or even a third page, but each page holds many posts.

Each board has an icon that changes when there are new posts since the last time you visited. You can always choose to read the ten most recent posts, by clicking that link near the bottom of the page. If you have a specific question, you can use the "search" feature of the forum, which allows you to choose words to find, which boards to search, and even the time frame for the search.

You must have a valid email address to join the forum, and you must be a member to post messages. You will have a member profile, which allows you to share contact information, and you can even include an avatar and a sig if you'd like. You can choose to keep your email address hidden from others. You can send and receive private messages on the forum, and you can choose to be notified of responses to certain forum postings.

Several helpful people moderate the boards and most questions receive answers very quickly. It is easy to post code, or to quote other messages. You can also easily include hyperlinks and links to images in your posts. Posts can be formatted with many interesting effects, such as text color, tables, smilies, etc. Click the link above and check it out!

The Liberated Code Foundry [http://www.foundrysearch.com/]

This is David Drake's site. He shares many, many programs and all are open source! David has games, multimedia programs, graphics programs, utilities and demos. David shows great attention to detail in his programs. They have a terrifically professional look and they are a wonderful showcase for Liberty BASIC.

Some neat programs:

The Liberty Belle [http://www.libertybelle.0catch.com]

Dennis McKinney maintains this site. This is the place to go for custom controls and DLL information. He even offers a tutorial that teaches us how to write a DLL in C!

Some of the great things you will find at The Liberty Belle:

John's Homeport [http://www.geocities.com/johnshomeport/]

John shares a variety of interesting and clever demos on his website. His code is formatted beautifully! Do yourself a favor and download all of his programs!

John's programs:

The Liberty BASIC Connection [http://www.freewebz.com/lb-connection/]

This is Brad Moore's LB home on the web. He has a bit of everything here! He has code demos, custom DLLs and tutorials. This is a great resource site!

Brad's resources:

Bay 6 Software [http://members.aol.com/b6sw/]

This is Brent Thorn's website. It has had several incarnations over the years and Brent has just reinvented it again. Brent is always around to help out with the tricky Windows API stuff. The demos he shares in the forums have made many neat things possible in LB - things like statusbars, tooltips and the date-time-picker control. He also wrote the wmliberty.dll which provides a hook for our programs. We can now grab any messages sent to our programs and process them! The DLL is available at [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lbexp/]

Here's what you can find at Bay 6 Software:

The LB Community Web [http://libertybasic.swiki.net/1]

The CoWeb is a dynamic website that allows anyone with an account to add content in real time. Pages can be edited and new pages can be created easily, right online. Anything goes on the CoWeb. You can find links, snippets, information of all kinds, wishlists, resources, news, user info and lots more. Visit the CoWeb, then write to Carl for an account so that you can make your mark there!

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[Editors Note: Of course as you read through Alyce's list of favorite websites you will notice one large omission that I must correct - Alyce's very own Alyce's Restaurant is a great place for Liberty Basic resources of many kinds. - Thanks Alyce for such a thoughtful article - Brad Moore]