Smartdashboard in Java

[mechanical_robot]

Alright so my team is using C++ for the actual code running the robot. My question is is there anyway at all to use Java for the smart dashboard? If so please tell me. I just prefer the code for the smart dashboard be in Java. Though if there is no way could you point me to some good tutorials for using smart dashboard with C++.

[Joe Ross]

I'm not sure what you're asking. SmartDashboard is a Java program, designed to communicate with either a Java or C++ robot. For most use cases, it is not necessary to modify SmartDashboard, because it dynamically adapts to the data your robot is sending.

I'd recommend reading http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/3120/m/7932. While the robot examples are generally in java, the same methods exist in the C++ SmartDashboard class.