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Originally Posted by GRSICP

I wrote up a document of small beginner tasks for our coding team. For each task, I provide a link to the api and/or a page from the wpilib screen steps. Sometimes I also included more detailed instructions if I thought a beginner programmer would need more than just the api and the screen steps. Tasks will depend on what your team has in terms of sensors and other things for the coders to test, but here are some examples:

1. code drive base with arcade drive
2. code drive base with tank drive
3. drive in a square in auto
4. drive in a square using the gyro sensor
5. read values from the sonar and convert them to inches
6. display the feed from a USB camera
7. write and then tune a PID controller using the gyro to drive straight
8. code a servo motor
9. code a pneumatic piston
10. read values from the encoder and convert them into inches
11. use the SmartDashboard to display data from the sensors
12. use the SmartDashboard to set robot preferences

This is a GREAT list for beginners to prepare during the early stages. Will you use all of it? Definitely not, get students looking at the different blocks of code early so they're not starting from scratch after time has gone by.