How do you use the WPILib?

[virtuald]

What classes do you use the most?

SampleRobot, Solenoid, AnalogInput, Jaguar/Talon et al, and Timer.

Do you edit any of the provided classes?

Well, we rewrote most of them in python...

The python version of WPILib tends to very strictly follow the spirit of the C++/Java API. I believe very strongly that if our team needs to modify WPILib, then we make a patch available on the WPILib bug tracker so that others can benefit from it, in all languages. Other modifications will tend to either extend existing objects, or create new objects based on the existing objects instead.

Do you extend any of the provided classes?

I tend to prefer creating new objects that hold WPILib objects as member variables instead of extending them.

What features do you wish WPILib had?

• I think command-based programming is too verbose.
• I would like better testing/simulation support in WPILib