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 calculatorst-they are the perfect place to start learning to program. The TI-BASIC language i built in, so you have everything you need to create your own math and science programs, utilities-even games.
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.
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 ASMTable 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
