total noob question :)

[XXShadowXX]

I believe there is a C for dummies book out, and a C++ for dummies, but no LapView for Dummies.

Some teams make C tutorials I've been told, you can find some online, there also lots of books that can instruction one in programming, but free, well, I'm not sure...

[keehun]

Are you not able to get a mentor? I mean there are quite a bit of tech companies in Idaho that you should totally go ask for mentors!

Hehe, I thought Dean Kammen's speech was really good today, despite its length. =]

[Red Mage]

http://www.cprogramming.com/ is pretty good and Stanford has free online recordings of their CS department lectures. I don't remember the link, though.

[rsisk]

There is a C tutorial on the First web site that we used last year during our Rookie year; http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...nt.aspx?id=482

[Russ Beavis]

http://wiki.lavag.org/LabVIEW_tutorial

There is indeed a LabVIEW for Dummies book (as well as many other resources referenced in the above link).

Russ

[Greg McKaskle]

Originally Posted by XXShadowXX

I believe there is a C for dummies book out, and a C++ for dummies, but no LapView for Dummies.

You won't find a LapVIEW for anything, since it is actually LabVIEW. The book that most closely approaches the dummies book would be LabVIEW for Everyone. There are plenty others too.

Greg McKaskle

[Red Mage]

I also don't think LabView is a language.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Red Mage

I also don't think LabView is a language.

Technically, you're correct. LabVIEW is a programming environment, not a language. The language one programs in when using LabVIEW is called "G".

But most people talk about "programming in LabVIEW", and they're technically correct as well. They're writing and editing programs, in the LabVIEW environment.