View Single Post
  #21   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 04-03-2007, 18:15
Eric Finn's Avatar
Eric Finn Eric Finn is offline
Registered User
FRC #0166 (Chop Shop)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Merrimack, NH
Posts: 101
Eric Finn has a spectacular aura aboutEric Finn has a spectacular aura about
Send a message via AIM to Eric Finn
Re: How did you learn to program?

I started to learn how to program by getting a Java book and teaching myself. The following 2 summers, I went to a computer camp (Emagination, to be exact) and took a class in C++ and a class in Java. After that, when I joined the FIRST team, we had pre-season training where I learned how to program the robot and how to do pointers, etc. I've been learning many other things since then from one of our software mentors.

My suggestion is to just get a book on C, get Dev-C++, and teach yourself.
EDIT:
Oh, and if your team doesn't offer it already, try to get them to do training. That is how I learned how to program the robot, and how our new additions to the software team this year learned how to program the robot. If not, try to get people on your team (members and mentors) to teach you.
__________________
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
--Hofstadter's Law


Last edited by Eric Finn : 04-03-2007 at 18:17.