How to avoid using LabView

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I am on a rookie team and at kick-off we were introduced to LabView, after working with it for a bit we decided it would be much nicer to write in Java, or maybe C++. What would we need to program a FRC robot in Java? Also we would really appreciate being able to use a simulator like the one for LabView, I saw FRCJCSS (http://code.google.com/p/frcjcss/) but am not quite sure how to use it. Also any help with recognizing the rectangles would be very nice, LabView already had a recognition program setup. Any help at all would be much appreciated, how to make LabView easier to use, examples of Java code or tips for writing anything. Could someone also possible explain how the cRIO reads the Java or LabView? I noticed the templates in Netbeans had no Main class, does it need one? I know this is a lot of questions but really any help on anything at all is wonderful.