I'm a high student who owns a TI-84 Plus CE

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I'm a high school student who owns a TI-84 Plus CE

electroatomic 22 Jan 2020 19:31

I am very glad that this exciting community exists. For 3 years I have been using my TI, and I would like to step up the game. I have always been trying to find out functions and tricks on my TI-84 Plus CE that would allow me to solve problems quicker. And recently I thought I could learn TI-Basic. I just Googled 'ti basic', read the Wikipedia page, and than came across this repository. And so far pretty cool!

I have some experience in HTML, CSS, PHP, and databases. I always found the GDC very interesting to use, especially for purposes outside my Maths class. I installed games like PacMan and Flappy Bird from TI84CalcWiz. Afterwards some people heard about it, and I was blown with questions 'How did you do that?' and 'Can you that on my calculator?!'. So I did, only to do it again later, after everybody had to reset their calculators for exams. But now I would like to learn how to make my own games, or perhaps programs that could come useful in Econometrics and Physics, or Chemistry.

Once again, thanks for having me here! SO cool!

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Re: I'm a high student who owns a TI-84 Plus CE

Myles_Zadok 23 Jan 2020 04:22

Welcome to the TI-Basic Developer, electroatomic! I recommend checking out the Rules and the Starter Kit which is essentially a boot camp to TI-Basic. I hope we're able to help you out in any way we can!

I honestly hardly used TI-Basic in college physics or economics. I felt like it was better if I actually learned the material than just writing code to do it for me, unless I was being asked to use a redundant formula over and over. I know a friend who wanted me to give her my quadratic formula program for a chemistry test, but I have legit no idea why that would be useful in that class. Usually when someone comes along and asks us here a question about a chemistry program that they'd written, we don't understand what they're trying to do, but we can try to point out logic or syntax errors.

There's a wide variety of things in the Archives, so maybe check those out if you want some examples of what others have done.

Re: I'm a high student who owns a TI-84 Plus CE

UBERhelp1 25 Jan 2020 05:37

This is a late response, but in my opinion, if you know something well enough to write a program for it, then you understand it well enough. Also, be aware that math programs can be seen as cheating, and that may be traced back to you. Personally, whenever I made a math program I knew that I would never use it on tests or anything, just homework or practice, but I didn't know if I could trust others to do the same, so I never shared the programs with classmates (remember, they can pass it on as well). So… just be careful.

Most equations aren't best suited for a calculator program, as generally, you have the base equations that you modify to then solve for specific variables. You *can* do that on a calculator, but it would probably involve either more code or a lot of equation lists in menus.

As far as games go, start simple and work your way up. Oftentimes, the biggest mistake people make is biting off more than they can chew before they fully grasp the concepts. Also, remember that the more complex the game, generally the slower it will run.

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RE:hi im a middle schooler who owns a ti 84+

m3m3b01 24 Jan 2020 18:19

so i just got into ti basic and i've seen some really cool stuff out there so i thought why not make a game of my own but the the is even though i try hard i cant seem to grasp the concept and i'm really needing help on my new rpg game. any one out there who wants to help i will accept your help.

Re: RE:hi im a middle schooler who owns a ti 84+

UBERhelp1 25 Jan 2020 05:40

Welcome! And my best advice to you right now is to slow down! Bench the RPG for the time being, and spend time learning TI-Basic thoroughly. You'll find it much less frustrating to code once you understand the language a little better. Check out the links @Myles_Zadok posted above, they will be very useful. Have fun!

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