2015 Eclipse Client Reccomendations for Java

[ilandprnce]

With the new RoboRio and OpenCV support coming in the 2015 Season our coach pointed out to us that we should look into switching from NetBeans to Eclipse for programming the Robot.

From looking around the Chief Delphi forums, I came upon a post saying that Eclipse Kepler is being used in the RoboRio beta test teams who use Java, however I'm still not positive this will be the
client used for Java programming during the season.

Is there an official version that is recommended for the upcoming season, or potentially any other resources on this topic that have been previously mentioned?

[Beachbotics]

I would like to second that request, in particular it would be very helpful to have a tested,approved configuration for Java that includes the IDE version and Java SDK version. I have read that Eclipse replaces Netbeans in 2015, and that you must install the 32-bit version of both the IDE and the Java SDK even on 64-bit systems. Both Eclipse and Java come in a variety of options - it would be helpful to know which combination is known to work with the RoboRio.

Thank you.

[indubitably]

Here is the link to the Eclipse environment download and setup tutorial FIRST posted in a recent blog:

http://www3.usfirst.org/sites/defaul...r_FRC_2015.pdf

They cover what they have tested and give you suggestions for what to download (Eclipse for C++ developers).

[Ben Wolsieffer]

This is a little off topic, but does anyone know if we will be forced to use Eclipse. It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to set up something in Netbeans, especially since the robot uses Java SE 8, even if it not officially supported. I just prefer the feel of Netbeans over Eclipse.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by lopsided98

This is a little off topic, but does anyone know if we will be forced to use Eclipse. It doesn't seem like it would be that hard to set up something in Netbeans, especially since the robot uses Java SE 8, even if it not officially supported. I just prefer the feel of Netbeans over Eclipse.

The eclipse projects use ant build scripts, which you can use to run from Netbeans. Without doing anything else, you could modify and deploy programs in Netbeans. You'd want to get the templates started in eclipse or robotbuilder, however, unless someone ports those over.

[Ben Wolsieffer]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

The eclipse projects use ant build scripts, which you can use to run from Netbeans. Without doing anything else, you could modify and deploy programs in Netbeans. You'd want to get the templates started in eclipse or robotbuilder, however, unless someone ports those over.

Thanks, this is what I expected. I'm going to be porting our existing code, so I won't even need the templates very much.