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Originally Posted by jase728
Honestly if you have never coded before start in Labview and use your off season to play around with c++/java
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I cannot stress enough how important I think it is to try to move from Labview to a text based language in your off season. Whether you move to java, c++, or python, it is going to be SO much more beneficial in the long run. Even if you don't go into CS, knowing how to use a text based language is so important in this world. They are so much more applicable in the real world. There is very little actual application to labview outside of robotics that a text based language would not be equivalent or better.
And honestly, learning Java is really not too difficult. There are tons and tons of tutorials out there, and using it in the scope of FIRST is a pretty easy transition. As a college freshman, I was fairly well able to teach 3 students Java from scratch, and bring one more up to date with FIRST java, within a few weeks. They now are doing all of the programming for our robot, and I couldnt be prouder of what they have accomplished in a few short weeks. Check em out at the Portland regional! Visit our pit! Team 997, Spartan Robotics.