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Re: Very New and Very Clueless!
In my opinion (perhaps a little biased because we use Java) a text based language is much easier to use. I tried helping another team with Labview at the last competition and had no idea what I was doing, but I got it to work in the end. If you or the person you work are familiar with C++, I would suggest going with that. There are some new resources to support that here: http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/3120/m/7913

On the other hand, if you have a general knowledge of programming concepts, Labview is very easy to learn, and FIRST (with it's partnership with NI) seems to have a lot more support for using Labview than for using C++ or Java, i.e. the virtual cRIO which only has support for Labview.
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