Python on RoboRio for 2015 season

[x86_4819]

Hi,
My team has been working pretty hard on an offseason robot codebase written in python, and have been able to do some pretty cool things with it. (Thanks to those who made it possible to use python on the cRio!)

My big question is: will python be a viable programming language for the 2015 season? I have read that someone has succeeded inistalling python on a roborio, but what about wpilib?

[Peter Johnson]

Originally Posted by x86_4819

Hi,
My team has been working pretty hard on an offseason robot codebase written in python, and have been able to do some pretty cool things with it. (Thanks to those who made it possible to use python on the cRio!)

My big question is: will python be a viable programming language for the 2015 season? I have read that someone has succeeded inistalling python on a roborio, but what about wpilib?

Yes, I was a 2015 alpha tester and am currently a 2015 beta tester. Python will be available for 2015 at kickoff, including the necessary wpilib wrappers.

[virtuald]

And I'll definitely make sure that pyfrc gets updated as quickly as possible so everything continues working. My understanding is that the wpilib interface isn't changing a ton, so the pyfrc robot simulator should continue to work with few changes for the 2015 libraries.

[x86_4819]

That is great news, thanks!