Oh dear, that's a shame. He can't send the code he's got to you or anyone else on the team?
If not, check out
this website put out by Team 0358. While I didn't learn of it till yesterday, it seems to be a good place to get started. Another alternative is to get someone from your team who has had past programming experience and let them sift through the default Robot Project code. It's a pretty steep learning curve for basic things.
Other than that, just browse around the forums here. Lots of questions asked, with lots and lots of answers.
Good luck!