[fritzdejongh]

I find that programming in Labview provides experience relevant for programming in general, including in C++ and Java, and listed some reasons why above. This was one reason to choose it for our team. (I would find Excel to be more special-purpose). I don't think you need to choose C++ or Java to learn programming.

Mainly, Labview seemed to have some major advantages for the FRC competition, as discussed above. No one has responded whether C++ or Java has similar capabilities. If they do, and us rookies had found out about it, more of us might have chosen differently.