Programming the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 Plus [Paperback]

Christopher R. Mitchell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2012

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

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications (September 26, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1617290777
• ISBN-13: 978-1617290770
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #59 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Game Programming

More About the Author

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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Stunning October 13, 2012

By parserp

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I already knew fairly well how to program the TI-83+ family before buying this book, but oh has my knowledge been expanded. With over 300 pages of awesomeness, he didn't miss a thing! Great for anyone wanting to learn how to program a TI-83+/84+, or who want to perfect their skills of TI-Basic!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. October 31, 2012

By assemblybandit

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Perfect for students and professionals who use their calculators often and would like to take more advantage of them. Not only will you learn to program your calculator, but you will also learn programming concepts that will apply to other languages and platforms. Overall, great book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Guide for Budding Programmers April 9, 2013

By deckster.s1

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If you have a TI-83 or TI-84 and have found yourself tinkering with programs on your calculator, then I highly recommend you get this book. The book is easy to read and you don't need to have any programming experience to get started. The author guides you through writing your own calculator programs with clear instructions for the TI-83 / TI-84 calculators. More importantly, the author ably explains the concepts so that you can write your own, unique programs. A teacher explained to me the "8-Queens" problem (sometimes called the n-queens problem, it is a fairly popular programming problem) in class one day and I thought my trusty TI could solve the problem. My initial program solved the problem in 80 minutes. Going back through this book, as a reference, I optimized my program and it was able to solve the problem in 22 minutes (for comparison, an 800mhz Pentium III can solve for 8-queens in under 1 second, but that is beside the point). The author is extremely knowledgeable about TI calculators and how to program them. If you're at this page considering buying this book, do it. This is the Texas Instruments programming book you have been looking for.