Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus Binding: Paperback Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc Publish Date: 2012/09/26 Language: ENGLISH Pages: 326 Dimensions: 9.00 x 7.25 x 1.00 Weight: 1.30 ISBN-13: 9781617290770
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 TechnologyThe 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 BookProgramming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plusteaches 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 InsideWorks with all models of the TI-83, TI-83 , and TI-84 Learn to think like a programmerLearn concepts you can apply to any languageAdvanced concepts such as hybrid BASIC and ASMTable of ContentsPART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH PROGRAMMINGDiving into calculator programmingCommunication: basic input and outputConditionals and Boolean logicControl structuresTheory interlude: problem solving and debuggingPART 2 BECOMING A TI-BASIC MASTERAdvanced input and eventsPixels and the graphscreenGraphs, shapes, and pointsManipulating numbers and data typesPART 3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS; WHAT''S NEXTOptimizing TI-BASIC programsUsing hybrid TI-BASIC librariesIntroducing z80 assemblyNow what? Expanding your programming horizons
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