Thread: Which language should we use to program our FRC Robot? Why?
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Re: Which language should we use to program our FRC Robot? Why?
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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle View Post
It would seem like your choice is to keep improving the code you have, or start over. I'm sure that the links are useful, but I think that you or someone on your team is in the best position to decide what is right for you.

Part of the FIRST experience is exposing you to new concepts and tools, but at the end of the build, you definitely want a robot that operates and competes. You don't have to use all the tools, and which tool you select is not as important as how you use it.

Greg McKaskle
I completely understand the FIRST experience, I had run a previous team for three years, but never touched programming until this year. This year, I had started a team where no student had any knowledge in any programming, and I had decided to go with LabView (as my previous team used LabView every year) so I had a general idea on what I was doing at the time. Now, I wanted to see if we can, together of course make something in Java (I looked over C++, with the time constraints and such barriers it is sadly impossible as of right now, but can be a side project for the off season!) Anyways, I have followed the given resources and have a simple driving robot. If it comes down to not being able to finish it up before bag n tag, we will stick with LabView. But like I have said, if there are more resources (that are possibly noob-friendly) I am open to it!

Thanks!