Re: Programming help for absolute n00bs.
 

It comes down to:
If you have no idea on how to program, learn LabView. That will teach you the logic of programming so that you can learn different languages, like C or Java later. LabView will allow you to have a visual interface with drag-n-drop! It will help you come up with a block structure that the code should help

In short, I suggest that you learn LabView first before moving onto a language like Java if you have absolutely no programming experience!

Re: Programming help for absolute n00bs.
 

Thank you so much everyone for replying.

The language we are willing to use and are experienced with is Java.

We are in Craig Kielburger Secondary School, 1151 Ferguson Drive, Milton, ON L9T 6J3.

We are actually using the Windriver workbench to program our robot.

Re: Programming help for absolute n00bs.
 

If you want to use Java, your IDE will be Netbeans (See the screenstepslive link I posted earlier in the thread for info on this). Windriver is for C++.

Re: Programming help for absolute n00bs.
 

You need to pick one-or-the-other. You can't program Java in WR, even though it is Eclipse-based. If you want to use C, use WR. If you want to use Java, use netbeans, unless you want to use WR as a text-editor!

Installing FRC Netbeans is probably one of the easiest installs! Just get a couple plugins and configure them, and you are off coding!