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Originally Posted by philso
You may want to update your profile to show your teams geographic location. I found 5 Milton's in the US and one in Canada.
You should then find an established team near you that is willing to mentor your team, preferably for several years, and help you get started.
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Building up on what philso said, please add a little more information and at least your team position so we can help taylor the answer to what you will understand. We may even help you find other teams in your area who you can be mentored by. Since FIRST is a community-based program, that team should be more-than happy to help you out! They'll help you get started with funding and getting tools. Right now, do you have basic tools like a mill, hand drills, a lathe; those tools are a must!
Also, what is your background in programming? Let us know! If you know one language, a different language, available in FRC will be easy for you!
Otherwise, you can start learning the basics of programming at KhanAcademy, and move onto CodeAcademy. I'd suggest that you use either C or Java because you are likely to use those languages elsewhere.
You'd like the hour of code. I think it is either this week or coming soon. It'll get you started with code!
Note: Java is not the same as JavaScript. They are completely different languages and you'll be confused when you program the bot in JavaScript and get hundreds of errors when you were supposed to use Java!
Whatever you do, get-er-done fast! Time's running out!