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Re: What software program/language is best for roboRio?

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Originally Posted by Larry Lewis View Post
Another possible approach is to give the students the opportunity to use more than one language if you have the mentor and/or experienced students to support that.

For example you could use C++ or Java for the robot and LabVIEW for the operator controls. That way students get exposure to more than one language so they can determine what they are most proficient in.
I don't know much about robot code in Java or C++, but I know for LabVIEW most (if not all) of the input processing is done on the RoboRIO. You can program a fancy dashboard (as I usually do) but I don't know if a LabVIEW dashboard can communicate with a Java or C++ robot. I can definitely say that if you do decide to try both, you should switch them at some point because programming a dashboard in LabVIEW is very different than programming a robot.
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