Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus - Softcover

Christopher R. Mitchell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617290777 ISBN 13: 9781617290770

Verlag: Manning Publications, 2012

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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 calculatorst—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, utilities—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 beginners—no programming background is 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

1. Diving into calculator programming
2. Communication: basic input and output
3. Conditionals and Boolean logic
4. Control structures
5. Theory interlude: problem solving and debugging

PART 2 BECOMING A TI-BASIC MASTER

6. Advanced input and events
7. Pixels and the graphscreen
8. Graphs, shapes, and points
9. Manipulating numbers and data types

PART 3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS; WHAT'S NEXT

10. Optimizing TI-BASIC programs
11. Using hybrid TI-BASIC libraries
12. Introducing z80 assembly
13. Now what? Expanding your programming horizons

Biografía del autor:

Christopher Mitchell is a PhD candidate and a recognized leader in the TI-83+/TI-84+ programming community. He hosts discussions and collaboration on calculator programs and projects at his website, Cemetech.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Manning Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1617290777
• ISBN 13: 9781617290770
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352