Ah progrmming is hard

[mfitzell]

We had similar problems when trying to download code and the laptop was on battery power. One of our older laptops can only download when connected to a docking station and a newer one needs to be plugged in to its ac adapter.

Mike

[Joohoo]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

Well I rember exactly a year ago when i was on a rookie team with the exact same problem. It gets better, since them I have learned a third programming language and written 6 different auton codes for the bot, This time last year I could do little more than program a TI 83 in a dummed down version of basic, once you get it it just keeps coming.

James

I'm in the same boat, all the programmers graduated and I know BASIC is well basic but does anyone know a good place to learn the finer points of BASIC?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Joohoo

I'm in the same boat, all the programmers graduated and I know BASIC is well basic but does anyone know a good place to learn the finer points of BASIC?

BASIC has no fine points.

Seriously, anything fancier than LET A = A + 1 and FOR I = 1 TO 10 / NEXT I is likely to be implementation-dependent. You'll have to study your programming environment in order to find out what "finer points" exist.

[JamesBrown]

Well Basic is not a practical language, it is actually only good in the fact that is extremely simple in an hour a person can be writing formulas to run in dos (or on calculators) This is why the language is seen so often in very low level programming, you can learn the basics of psuedo code and the theory behind the code while not having to jump into a more advanced language. I have found basic to be easier to understand than many "scripting" languages, including The FRC one from this past year.

JooHoo,
Any thing you wantt to know about C just ask either me personally or post on here many people on here have been using c16 for the past couple seasons and have mastered writing robot code with it. Any questions we will try to answer.