Thread: Programming Advice for Newer FRC Team?
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Re: Programming Advice for Newer FRC Team?
In my experience with programming FRC robots I have found LabView to be the easiest language to pickup if you have little/no experience. The interactive tutorials and exmaples that teams and NI have posted will allow you to get your robot up and running reliably pretty fast. The one downside is that NI LabView tends to not be as powerful as C++/Java.

To put it in perspective you generally see LabView being used for testing in the Manufacturing industry whereas you will see Java/C++ used more in the Development process for the Engineering/Defense Industry.

Also as a note most high school classes that give college credit (Known as AP classes in MN) will teach students Java. With the knowledge I learned in FRC I was able to take the java AP exam without actually taking the class in high school.