State of the tutorials http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632/state-of-the-tutorials Posts in the discussion thread "State of the tutorials" - what is the goal here? Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:32:15 +0000 http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632#post-1149127 Re: State of the tutorials http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632/state-of-the-tutorials#post-1149127 Wed, 11 May 2011 19:49:44 +0000 Timothy Foster 197988 Under the files of the page is a list of all the pages alphabetically.

http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/local--files/pages-2/tibdpages.docx

Otherwise, you can have a look on this page.

]]> http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632#post-1148520 Re: State of the tutorials http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632/state-of-the-tutorials#post-1148520 Wed, 11 May 2011 03:33:21 +0000 basickevin 114819 I'll be able to get a heck of a lot more done starting Thursday since AP tests end tomorrow and I have Tulip Time all this week. The Dutch heritage of West Michigan is a huge deal. (We have 3 parades and 1500 local girls dress up in Dutch Costumes and dance in lines around a huge park every night for 10 days).
To graphmastur: That would make sense once the Starter Kit is finished in its current state to have an "in progress" clone site, but I'm not quite that far yet.
To Timothy: I can definitely start categorizing pages. Is there an easy way to view a list of all the pages alphabetically?

]]> http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632#post-1147241 Re: State of the tutorials http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632/state-of-the-tutorials#post-1147241 Mon, 09 May 2011 19:35:55 +0000 Timothy Foster 197988 Before changes are made, I recommend continuing off from where I left off over a year ago. I remember being quite concerned for the organization of this site, as it is relatively difficult to find anything, plus it simply doesn't flow.

On this page, I began categorizing every single content page of the site, working off of a complete list of pages in a .docx file under that page's files. With all pages categorized, it becomes very easy to find out what's missing, what can be eliminated, how pages can be shifted, and so on.

I had been swamped with other projects, so I didn't get very far, and nowadays I have been working on a bunch of other stuff, so I currently cannot concentrate on a project so gargantuan. If you want, you can take a look at that, and perhaps the community can pitch in to help, since there are a lot of pages on this site.

]]> http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632#post-1146979 Re: State of the tutorials http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632/state-of-the-tutorials#post-1146979 Mon, 09 May 2011 11:48:38 +0000 jnesselr 142001 Would you mind working from a copy/clone of the website, as opposed to the actual website. This is only if you are going to try and do some massive changes, so we still have the site itself intact, and this is especially true if the new content doesn't quite work well. I should be able to clone the website for you, just shoot me a PM.

]]> http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632#post-1143271 State of the tutorials http://tibasicdev.wikidot.com/forum/t-352632/state-of-the-tutorials#post-1143271 Wed, 04 May 2011 03:41:06 +0000 basickevin 114819 As a lover of calculator code, I truly have great respect for the site. I learned almost all of my tricks here and am forever indebted to the site's founders for starting my interest in basic. However, the tutorials, namely the starter kit and the techniques section, seem to still be very disjointed. I think there really needs to be a push to work on these sections of the website.
The chief problem in my opinion is that nobody really seems to understand what the fundamentals to writing TI-Basic code are, and how to group information that isn't fundamental to coding. I would suggest that a list of the absolute basics to programming be written out, and everything else currently written be categorized as math operations/string operations/homescreen graphics/graphscreen graphics/specific applications. From there the techniques area should be restructured to be more like an in-depth overview of the material covered in the starter kit. That way, people who want to know more about a subject will see exactly where to go to find it. In this way the site will be more accessible to any level of programmer.
I will be around when I can for the next few weeks working mainly on improving the starter kit. Any other suggestions are very welcome.

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