I was given some advice that really helped me when I was in your shoes. Now its time to pass it on:
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Its the strategic part of programming that you are going to struggle with. Getting your ideas translated into code that isnt difficult.
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I really took this to heart and stopped worrying about "learning" c++ and dove right into programming the robot. I kept a c++ reference with me and basically looked up how to do everything that had to do with the language (syntax) part. I wrote the code in English of what I wanted to do (I did this at home so no one would see). And then translated it into c++. I feel that I was much more effective with this manner because by the time competition came around I was very familiar with algorithms (such as PID) which is wayyyyyy more important than being able to recite the for loop syntax or "strong" vs "weak" typed languages. You will have ample time latter to learn this stuff.