Hi there! After reading the forums for over a week I have decided to make an account and introduce myself.
My name is Janek, I'm 16 and I'm from Poland. I like donuts, longboarding, American hiphop music and everything that is related to computers. I was always keen on programming but I have never had a chance/motivation to start learning it. I have just started my education in an IB school, where students use graph calculators, so I had to buy one. Eventually I have found out about this whole concept of game development and I really got into it. It looks like a lot of fun and a great opportunity to gain some programming experience

I don't really have the calculator yet (will have my Ti84+ in about a week) but I have downloaded the Wabbitemu and I'm currently studying your tutorials. But as a newcomer I also have some questions
Would you recommend learning TiBasic before getting into Axe? (I know very little TiBasic at the moment)
If not, what is the best way the learn Axe? I know, there are all these tutorials on the forums, but most of them are not related to each other and they only cover a little part of all the things you need to know. Are there some total 'must reads' before learning all the particular things like greyscale or physics?

I would also like to say that I really like how people are amicable to each other here. It's not common on internet forums nowadays

Would you recommend learning TiBasic before getting into Axe? (I know very little TiBasic at the moment)

I do, but not because the languages are similar at all.

I just think it's really important to be very familiar with your calculator and at least some programming before starting to learn Axe.

It's also nice to know assembly before learning Axe because that makes it a lot easier to optimize and understand how your program works, but it's not really necessary.

If not, what is the best way the learn Axe? I know, there are all these tutorials on the forums, but most of them are not related to each other and they only cover a little part of all the things you need to know. Are there some total 'must reads' before learning all the particular things like greyscale or physics?

The best beginner's tutorial so far is still the Documentation.pdf included in the Axe ZIP file. Again, it's easier to pick up (IMHO) if you already know TI-BASIC.

I would also like to say that I really like how people are amicable to each other here. It's not common on internet forums nowadays

That's our goal Welcome to Omnimaga!

Welcome to Omnimaga! I would recommend starting with TI-Basic, then when you master it sufficiently, move to Axe.

Also, being amicable always been one of the forum's strongnesses, we always tried to avoid drama as much as possible.

Wow, you joined on my two year omniversarry So, when you say you are in an IB school, does that stand for International Baccalaureate? If so, have fun and good luck Welcome to Omni!

I was an IB student in the US, and I have to say, college is a breeze I took:

Yes, basically. It is tough, but fun, I think. I got to dissect a shark once o.o

Right now, I am a mathematics major (I have a bit of a passion for the subject). I like to make sure I am not only focused on mathematics and programming, though. I have learned that the more subjects you study, the more you can connect ideas. For example, a biologist might notice the fractal structure of a DNA strand, but not be able to analyse it, but a mathematician might see that same structure and not know how to use it. If you are familiar with both subjects, though, you will know how to analyse and use the fractal structure of DNA and build models with it, using your programming knowledge

As for French, English, and History, I had already been taking french for four years, so I figured I would keep going, English was better than the alternative (a really boring highschool course), I thought, and I needed it for the IB diploma, and the History class was about eleven times better than the alternative (a really, really boring history/economics course).

Sorry you had to look up the dissection It was interesting, though! Mine was a boy >.> There "parts" are actually located on the dorsal side of their ribcage (for lack of a better description). They also have thick, oily blood that prevents most illnesses and cancer.

As for Axe vs. Basic, I recommend you not to get too used to Basic. I switched to Axe after one week of Basic programming and I never missed anything in Basic.

The languages have nothing in common, but I rather think it's useful to get some footing in TI-BASIC before Axe because you'd want to be familiar with how your calculator works before learning Axe (and what better way than learning BASIC? ).

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As for Axe vs. Basic, I recommend you not to get too used to Basic. I switched to Axe after one week of Basic programming and I never missed anything in Basic.

The languages have nothing in common, but I rather think it's useful to get some footing in TI-BASIC before Axe because you'd want to be familiar with how your calculator works before learning Axe (and what better way than learning BASIC? ).

The problem with people coming from basic is that they assume that axe is somehow an amelioration of basic and wonder why storing something in Str1 after having already used it doesn't work.
So I'd advise start with what you feel more interesting. For example, if you want to develop games, start axe. But if you want to develop more maths programs than games, start basic
Anyway, welcome here, have some more of those ^^