C or LabVIEW: CompactRIO

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Originally Posted by markulrich

As a team that hasn't developed a very strong programming base yet, we are considering switching from C/MPLAB to LabVIEW next year. I think that it would be much easier for inexperienced students.

1) What is your team planning to use?
2) What do you think will become the new standard?
3) What will most rookie teams pick next year?
4) Do you think FIRST will give us the standard LabVIEW, or will we have a customized interface for the CompactRIO?
5) We have some NXTs. Would programming them using LabVIEW be a good way to get some experience before next year's kickoff?
6) Will there be any limitations to using LabVIEW? Will there be any features that are easily accessibly throught LabVIEW but require complex C? What are the main advantages/disadvantages?

Thanks so much, any advice is greatly appreciated.

Our team is going to be using C++. The code team is already fluent in C, and we're going to be able to do some amazing stuff with Object-Oriented Programming.

2. I have no clue what will be the standard. It will be interesting to see which way teams swing.

3. I think rookie teams will be using LabView more.

4. I think some sort of customized interface would be released. This will make things interesting.

5. Familiarizing yourself with a language or IDE is always good, regardless of the project. That way when you actually start programming the robot, you know what to do and how to approach it.

6. I personally will always prefer C++ over LabVIEW. While I admit I have no experience with LabVIEW, I like to deal with hard code so I can program line by line, command by command.