TI-Basic Resources

While we have tried to provide as much TI-Basic information here in this wiki as possible, there really is a whole TI community out there for helping you become a better, more capable programmer. With this thought in mind, the resources listed below provide some useful information of their own and they serve as a continuation after you are done with this site.

Tutorials

Besides reading the programming information that this wiki provides, there are several additional quality TI-Basic tutorials that other people have created that you might find handy.

Name	Author
Complete TI-Basic Optimization Guide	Arthur O'Dwyer
1337 Guide to TI-Basic	Jonathan Pezzino & Kerm Martian
Making TI-Basic Shells	Patrick Stone
2D TI-Basic Sprites	Alex Snyder
Advanced Thinking	Fred Sparks
No-Lib Guide to Sprites and Maps	Thomas Dickerson
TI-Basic Greyscale	Kevin Ouellet
TI-Freakware Tutorials	Daniel Thorneycroft
Complete TI-Basic Tutorial	Kerm Martian
BASIC Guru Tutorials	Ben Ilegbodu
MJS 2000 Tutorials	Unknown
Rogue's TI-86 Basic Tutorial	Andrew Matta
HeaneySoft BASIC Tutorial	Wayne Heaney
TI-83 Programming Tutorials	Lue Her & Andy Becker
TI-Basic for Noobs	Matt Lee

Utilities

While the calculator itself is the predominant place to program TI-Basic, another viable option is programming on a computer. There are several computer tools available, which provide a very rich programming environment.

Name	Author	Description
BasicBuilder	Martin Warmer	Programs with lots of subroutines get annoying rather quickly. BasicBuilder solves this issue by allowing you to compile all programs, subroutines, and pictures into a Flash Application. It also compresses your programs, saving some memory.
CalcCapture	André Felix Miertschink	Most commonly used in conjunction with Flash Debugger, CalcCapture allows you to take still or animated screenshots in gif format of any running Windows program.
TI-Graph Link	Texas Instruments	This program is used for programming TI-Basic on the computer. It has an easy-to-use interface, featuring all of the menus and functions of the calculator itself. In addition, it is used for transferring files back and forth between the computer and calculator.
JALcc IDE	Stef Mientki	Editing TI-Basic has always been a rather slow, tedious process because of the screen limitations and the fact that distinguishing the code can be difficult. JALcc solves this problem by utilizing code-coloring commands, indenting nested commands, and allowing you to make large multi-line comments.
Manual	Texas Instruments	Even if you have a physical copy of the manual, an electronic copy is still needed. It is much more convenient to just open up the electronic manual, then to have to carry the physical manual around.
Online TI File Converter	ZeWaren	Can create and convert data from many calculators, such as the TI-82, TI-83, and TI-83+/84+.
Rom8x	Andree Chea	With the difficulty of getting ROM images from the newer calculators, this program allows you to bypass that problem. It is most useful for those with a USB cable.
Source Coder	Kerm Martian	This is an online editor that parses TI-Basic code and presents it with the appropriate tokens. It also features a group feature, which can be used to allow several people to contribute to a project.
TI Connect	Texas Instruments	This program is the updated version of Graph Link. It primarily features faster speed because it works with the USB cable. However, it does have compatibility issues with the newer calculators.
VTI Capture	André Felix Miertschink	Works with VTI to get screenshots. It allows for both still and animated screenshots and has extra features like contrast adjustment, adding extra borders and some others.
TiLP	Romain Liévin	A linking program for Linux and Windows. It works on Vista 64 bit, while TI-Connect does not.

On-Calc Utilities

There are many programs that will assist your programming on-calc, such as in the creation of games or sprites.

Name	Author	Description
ASCII Editor	Robin Peters	This program allows programmers to simply create single and dual layer maps, as well as get tokens that are normally not available on the calculator and easily try different combo's of tokens. The programmer then can use the map for his/her RPG, sidescroller, puzzle or maze game, etc.
Basic MapMaker	MDR Falcon	This helps programmers create maps in basic, without the hassle of typing in a long string or matrix.
Lunar IDE	Jonah Scheinerman	This is an on-calc program editor, with many built-in tools to allow more ease when programming.
Random Maze Generator	James Pruit	This program generates random 9x9 mazes that can be used in your own programs.
RPGSK2	Daniel Thorneycroft	This helps programmers learn how to use 4 way scrolling ASCII maps.
Symbols	Daniel Thorneycroft & Kerm Martian	This allows programmers to use any of the 131 symbols normally unavailable in Basic programs.
Text Sprite Finder	Robert Moy	This helps programmers create text sprites for use in their own programs.

Emulators

An emulator allows you to run a virtual form of your calculator on your computer, which is very convenient when you want to make quick changes to programs, or do any debugging or optimizing.

Name	Author	TI-83	TI-83+	TI-83+SE	TI-84+	TI-84+SE
Emu8x	Michael Vincent	X
Flash Debugger	Texas Instruments		X	X
TilEm	Benjamin Moody & Solignac Julien	X	X	X	X	X
PindurTI	Patai Gergely	X	X
VTI-Alpha	Corey Taylor & Rusty Wagner		X	X
VTI-Beta	Rusty Wagner	X	X
WabbitEmu (WIN)	Spencer Putt & James Montelongo	X	X	X	X	X
WabbitEmu (MAC)	Spencer Putt & James Montelongo	X	X	X	X	X

Related Sites

There are many TI sites out there, providing their own set of services and features.

United-TI	MaxCoderz	ticalc.org
CalcGames	Cemetech	TI-Freakware
RevSoft	TechniCalc	Texas Instruments

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