Apologies for the Double Post in Advance!
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Originally Posted by newprogrammer
Sorry, I tried to respond earlier, but it looks like that didn't work...
Thanks for the quick reply!
1. What does this mean for Java people though, does anything change for us other than going to Eclipse. Will this year's plugins/library work on NetBeans?
2. I will see what I can do about meeting with a beta testing team, but I don't want to have to be dependent on another team. How do I know what teams are beta testers?
When did we get the plugins/library last year? Will we get it the same time this year? Do beta testing teams already have it?
3. Thanks, those look like great resources, although those aren't for the new control system. I assume there is nothing out there for them?
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This wasn't directed at me but I will take a shot
1. You will have access to more features. Based on what I say from an older post (couldn't find it) one of the WPILib "CodeMonkey's" said that Java 8 is the only one that run's fine on the RoboRIO (which is Linux) without any "funny [JVM] flags". Java SE 8 Embedded is a HUGE upgrade. Previously we running CDLC 1.1 (might be off on the version) implementation of Java ME 1.4, even if it is actually Java 7 that still introduces Streams, NIO, Generics, and more. Java 8 just introduces a functional-like syntax via method chaining, a Lambda implementation, and more you likely wont be too interested in.
You COULD probably get a Netbeans setup but I think that is unnecessary extra work.
3. There is not any real documentation for the 2015 Control System yet.