Learn C++ or Labview in a Summer?

[RyanJK]

So, I was wondering if I can get some help in decided a programming method. Here's the story:

In this our rookie year, our team had 2 competent programmers, but both of them have now graduated out of the school and are going to colleges out of the state. Add on top of that the fact that they were the only ones in the team who knew how to program, and the fact that we have not been able to find any mentors who could program, I think you can all realize that we're in pickle for next year.

I was the only kid on the team that expressed any fraction of interest in learning how to program the robot next year, so now I've got a new problem. I have got to learn how to program this summer beofre the season starts up. The hard choice will be deciding to learn C++ or Labview.

I was wondering what your thoughts are on what method I should learn. Through research, I can tell that both methods should give me decent control over the robot. My question is which do you guys think I can learn in a summer. Also, once I have decided on a method to program with, how should I learn it? Would buying a book off Amazon be enough to learn how to code? Help PLEASE!