Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus
eBook - ePub

Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus

About this book

Summary Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus is an example-filled, hands-on tutorial that introduces students, teachers, and professional users to programming with the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus graphing calculators. This fun and easy-to-read book immediately immerses you in your first programs and guides you concept-by-concept, example-by-example. You'll learn to think like a programmer as you use the TI-BASIC language to design and write your own utilities, games, and math programs.
About the Technology
The TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus are more than just powerful graphing calculatorstā€”they are the perfect place to start learning to program. The TI-BASIC language is built in, so you have everything you need to create your own math and science programs, utilitiesā€”even games.
About the Book
Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus teaches universal programming concepts and makes it easy for students, teachers, and professionals to write programs for the world's most popular graphing calculators. This friendly tutorial guides you concept-by-concept, immediately immersing you in your first programs. It introduces TI-BASIC and z80 assembly, teaches you tricks to slim down and speed up your programs, and gives you a solid conceptual base to explore other programming languages.This book is written for beginnersā€”no programming backgroundis assumed. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
What's Inside

  • Works with all models of the TI-83, TI-83+, and TI-84+
  • Learn to think like a programmer
  • Learn concepts you can apply to any language
  • Advanced concepts such as hybrid BASIC and ASM

Table of Contents

PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH PROGRAMMING

  • Diving into calculator programming
  • Communication: basic input and output
  • Conditionals and Boolean logic
  • Control structures
  • Theory interlude: problem solving and debugging
  • PART 2 BECOMING A TI-BASIC MASTER
  • Advanced input and events
  • Pixels and the graphscreen
  • Graphs, shapes, and points
  • Manipulating numbers and data types
  • PART 3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS; WHAT'S NEXT
  • Optimizing TI-BASIC programs
  • Using hybrid TI-BASIC libraries
  • Introducing z80 assembly
  • Now what? Expanding your programming horizons

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Information

Publisher
Manning
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781617290770
eBook ISBN
9781638352853
Topic
Computer Science
Subtopic
Hardware
Index
Computer Science

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Brief Table of Contents
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. About this Book
  8. Part 1. Getting started with programming
  9. Chapter 1. Diving into calculator programming
  10. Chapter 2. Communication: basic input and output
  11. Chapter 3. Conditionals and Boolean logic
  12. Chapter 4. Control structures
  13. Chapter 5. Theory interlude: problem solving and debugging
  14. Part 2. Becoming a TI-BASIC master
  15. Chapter 6. Advanced input and events
  16. Chapter 7. Pixels and the graphscreen
  17. Chapter 8. Graphs, shapes, and points
  18. Chapter 9. Manipulating numbers and data types
  19. Part 3. Advanced concepts; whatā€™s next
  20. Chapter 10. Optimizing TI-BASIC programs
  21. Chapter 11. Using hybrid TI-BASIC libraries
  22. Chapter 12. Introducing z80 assembly
  23. Chapter 13. Now what? Expanding your programming horizons
  24. Appendix A. Review: using your calculator
  25. Appendix B. TI-BASIC command reference
  26. Appendix C. Resource list
  27. Index
  28. List of Figures
  29. List of Tables
  30. List of Listings