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Re: Driver station coding and other

LabVIEW for linux and Mac target local execution. For FRC, they will work for editing VIs, but the RT cross-targetting was dropped several releases back.

A quick comment on makefiles and IDEs -- don't be afraid of either one. Good IDEs are great at organizing workflow and integrating different tools into a somewhat cohesive experience. Bad or mediocre IDEs are a waste of launch time.

Make and other script oriented build environments are still with us, and in fact at least a few of the NI internal VxWorks developers choose to work from command line and text editor. If you poke around a bit, I suspect you can do FRC without the IDE.

Internally, LV development has been multi-platform for over twenty years. One of the cool things about that is exposure to many different development tools. We've always had at least one IDE and at least one non-IDE platform. It ebbs and flows.

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