Thread: How do you use the WPILib?
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Re: How do you use the WPILib?
We use LabVIEW currently, but are potentially looking at switching to .NET or Java.

Since LabVIEW works differently then the other 2, the WPILib is different there. However, since I've been working on the .NET port, better simulator support would be very helpful. I've been using Pythons implementation as a base, and it easily works better then either of the 3 officially supported languages. If teams had an easy to use simulator and test bench, I bet we would see much better code from teams.

The other think I would like to see is more code uniformity. I know they are working on that, so it should be better for next season, but for now you can tell it's been written over 5 years, and its time for some cleanup.
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