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Getting Started with Axe Parser
ClayBread:
Are there any well known tutorials for learning Axe Parser? Most of the tutorials that I have looked into are incomplete.
Or, would it just be better to try to self-teach and learn the commands through using them?
Thanks.
Sorunome:
What helped me is to read the documentation ( http://axe.eeems.ca/Documentation.pdf ) and then just start asking questions :)
Runer112:
Reading the included Documentation.pdf, although it's somewhat outdated and certainly doesn't cover every language feature, is probably the best introduction to the language. I'd also recommend reading Changes.pdf, which can be found in the Axe 1.0.0 release (but don't actually use Axe 1.0.0), as it details some important language features added with that release that aren't covered in the main documentation.
After reading both of these, I would finally recommend looking through Commands.html, which is the exhaustive language feature/command list, and pick out and play with commands that interest you. This document is by far the most useful language reference, and I recommend always having it on hand while using and still learning the language. Some people just view it in their browser, some people print it out, and now, thanks to @E37, you can even view it right on your calculator (get it via the first attachment to that post, AxeDoc.zip).
There's also one excellent, very comprehensive Axe tutorial, but there's a slight caveat: it is written in French. Although there will be some annoying translation errors, I believe that running through it with a browser-based translation service is still the best comprehensive Axe tutorialization experience there is.
ClayBread:
Thanks for the help. I'll try these methods out.
To add on, I only have a TI 84 +. Is my current calculator compatible with Axe, or do I need to use a different one? I have a TI 84 + C Silver Edition, but I can't make a ROM from it for an emulator called Wabbitemu.
Thanks for all the help thus far.
Edit (Eeems): Merged double post
Runer112:
Oh boy... well this might be a bit of a bummer.
Just to verify that you actually have a TI-84+ C Silver Edition: your calculator looks like this, correct (though it may have an accent color other than black)?
Most programs/applications written for the older, monochrome TI-83+/84+, including Axe, are incompatible with the newer TI-84+ C Silver Edition (TI-84+CSE for short). The TI-84+CSE was TI's first foray into a color model in the 83+/84+ line, and not a very good one. It's more or less dead to TI, and to the community, being replaced by the newer and better TI-84+CE. The TI-84+CE has an up-and-comping on-calc compiler project similar to Axe, ICE, and has a great C toolchain (not on-calc), but the TI-84+CSE has nothing comparable.
When did you get this calculator? If you purchased it recently, I would honestly recommend attempting to return it and buying a TI-84+CE instead. If you can't do this, you're unfortunately stuck with a nice color screen but few good programs/applications to make use of it because the underlying hardware is horribly underpowered. :(
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