What do you use to program your robot?

[lynca]

Originally Posted by lineskier

Once you figure our the basics of the java code it becomes pretty easy to do stuff pretty fast

I agree with this statement. Java is very fast to install , compile and make changes.

Java in FIRST is a natural transistion because most students learn Java in AP classes

[Radical Pi]

We use C++, primarily because both of us are already good in C.

I'd give the language a 9/10, mainly because we didn't run into any language-related issues this year. I dropped a point because of the 4.1 and 4.2 issues in the WPI Libraries (for those of you who don't know, the midseason update to WPILib for C had a few compiler issues). Our other problems weren't really language-specific (bad interactions between the camera and CAN code, OS level I think)

[Al3+]

We use WindRiver C++.

I don't have any problems with it myself, being already familiar with the language. But student turnover is going to be a challenge. C++ isn't exactly easy to teach in 20 hours of off-season meetings, and it doesn't help that there are neither any sort of comp sci classes at school nor a programming mentor on the team.

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by Al3+

We use WindRiver C++.

I don't have any problems with it myself, being already familiar with the language. But student turnover is going to be a challenge. C++ isn't exactly easy to teach in 20 hours of off-season meetings, and it doesn't help that there are neither any sort of comp sci classes at school nor a programming mentor on the team.

Just hand them all a copy of C++ for Dummies But seriously thats what I am considering next year...

[slijin]

Originally Posted by lynca

I agree with this statement. Java is very fast to install , compile and make changes.

Java in FIRST is a natural transistion because most students learn Java in AP classes

We use Java as well.

Though at the Hartford competition this year, robots coded in Java seemed to have the most problems with lag...