[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by Ari423

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.

In the past we have done a LabVIEW dashboard while using C++ for the robot code. So that is a possibility for teams if they want to go with that approach.

I agree that programming a dashboard is very different than programming a robot. What I am suggesting is that by programming the robot in one language and the dashboard in another, you can give the same or different students some familiarity to the programming environments of both.

That being said I would introduce the students to both languages you choose prior to build season so that you are not trying to "learn on the job" during build season.