Welcome,

Sample programs can be found here
http://www.melabs.com/
and here
http://rentron.com/
Bruce is working on a book also.

The manual has the basics and read this forum for the trickier stuff.

This is also a good place to go
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16
At the bottom of the page select "From the Beginning" to see all of the threads.