paper: 488 2013 Offseason Architecture

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488 2013 Offseason Architecture (http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/2912?) by JohnGilb

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Github repository for the code (https://github.com/Team488/Shared)

This public repository contains the results of some experiments we conducted in the offseason in Java. Our goal was to create a simple framework where robot code could be developed and tested without a cRIO.

There's still many ways this framework could be improved, but we believe we have made progress worth sharing.

Here's the summary (included in the linked document) of our goals:

Critical logic can be run without access to a cRIO or Robot

Multiple teams (Electrical, Mechanical, Programming) need access to the robot or a cRIO, so this has often been a bottleneck for us

Supports writing and running test cases

Now that our programming team has a large pool of programmers, the odds of making a change that causes a regression has increased
In addition, we want to be able to write proof-of-concept tests during development

Has reusable components for future seasons and other teams

The progress we make this year should be applicable to future years (assuming no rules changes about shared libraries)

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The repository now includes code from 2014 and 2014 off-season as well.