FRC Netbeans updating

[jdhsrobotics]

Hello,
We are trying to get the plugins downloaded for our Netbeans, however we cannot find any up to date information regarding how to get the plugins updated within Netbeans.

What plugins are necessary and where can we find them?

On another note, are there any other default or sample programs for the FRC robot, as we are going to need something to base our code on - since this is our first year and not many of us have experience in Java.

Thank you,
RAM5080

[Christopher149]

This year's plugins are intended to be used with Eclipse, though I believe some people have modified them or the build chain to work with Netbeans.

[snoman]

http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485

everything you need. plug ins to basic programs

[jdhsrobotics]

Originally Posted by snoman

http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485

everything you need. plug ins to basic programs

Thanks for the reply this will help us greatly. I am curious, are you saying that NetBeans will not work? If so, why is this years programming so limited?

[Christopher149]

The reasoning behind switching to Eclipse is it commonly used for both C++ and Java (Netbeans not so much for C++). That way, both languages have an IDE usable on Windows, Mac, and Linux and that doesn't have expiring licenses like Wind River.

[Ben Wolsieffer]

Originally Posted by jdhsrobotics

So are you saying that NetBeans will not work? If so, why is this years programming so limited?

They have simply switched to supporting a different IDE. There is a project that is supposed to allow the use of Netbeans, but I don't know much about it.