What are you programming in?

[shuhao]

Proprietary programming language that requires an IDE...

Can't really get on board with that.

[Zuelu562]

C++, always have always will

[staplemonx]

We are using java. it is light weight. After the download fiasco with lab view last year we want our code to be as clean as possible.

[kaliken]

We willl be doing Python again! Granted it does help to help to have the developer as my main Programming mentor.

And it should be fairly up to date. I know Peter was spending a lot of the time during the beta test correcting a ton of bugs he found in the provided C++ code when porting/wrapping it for python

[DallonF]

I'd consider myself a fairly experienced programmer, so I'd love to use something like Java.

...But my team uses LabView, and I'm going to be too old to be a team member next year, so I guess it's better to just use LabView :/

[plnyyanks]

Originally Posted by DallonF

...But my team uses LabView, and I'm going to be too old to be a team member next year, so I guess it's better to just use LabView :/

Don't feel bad about having to use LabVIEW - it's not a punishment. It's a great way to program a robot. Yes, it had a bit of a learning curve, and yes, it's different from more "traditional" text based programming languages, but give it a little time and attention, and you'll find it can do great things. If you love LabVIEW, then LabVIEW will love you back.

[cjlane1138]

We use C++ because it gives you more control, plus its a great language!

[Redstone]

This is my first year in robotics but i have taken several programming classes before. We are using java because it is the language we feel most comfortable with.

[Mk.32]

We use JAVA, our team knows it best, our AP class teaches it. And for the most part all 3 do the same job.
However the vision tracking in JAVA is leaving more to be desired.

[apalrd]

Originally Posted by cjlane1138

We use C++ because it gives you more control..

While I agree that C/C++ are great languages, I disagree with you on this point.

Just because the LV way of doing something might be different dosen't mean it's impossible or even very hard to do.

Having worked with both C and LabVIEW, there are many things which are much harder in LabVIEW if you try to program it like C (in a procedural or object-oriented way).

There are some things which are still harder in LabVIEW. However, there are some things in LabVIEW which are harder in C++. It's all a tradeoff. Both languages are fully capable of handling what we are throwing at them.

[Chexposito]

Originally Posted by apalrd

While I agree that C/C++ are great languages, I disagree with you on this point.

Just because the LV way of doing something might be different dosen't mean it's impossible or even very hard to do.

Having worked with both C and LabVIEW, there are many things which are much harder in LabVIEW if you try to program it like C (in a procedural or object-oriented way).

There are some things which are still harder in LabVIEW. However, there are some things in LabVIEW which are harder in C++. It's all a tradeoff. Both languages are fully capable of handling what we are throwing at them.

i agree with this, this is why (to my understanding) why my team moved back to c++ after a year of labview (in lunacy). mainly from what i've seen the visual processing from the camera is way easier. but since our current mentor did visual tracking back in rack and roll, we already have code to work off of.

[bdbayes]

It seems that most of the code examples are provided in Labview before any of the other languages.

Originally Posted by Chexposito

i agree with this, this is why (to my understanding) why my team moved back to c++ after a year of labview (in lunacy). mainly from what i've seen the visual processing from the camera is way easier. but since our current mentor did visual tracking back in rack and roll, we already have code to work off of.

[Chexposito]

Originally Posted by bdbayes

It seems that most of the code examples are provided in Labview before any of the other languages.

this is probably due to NI's involvement in labview (which they made), and their support/sponsorship of FIRST

[cjlane1138]

Originally Posted by apalrd

While I agree that C/C++ are great languages, I disagree with you on this point.

Just because the LV way of doing something might be different dosen't mean it's impossible or even very hard to do.

Having worked with both C and LabVIEW, there are many things which are much harder in LabVIEW if you try to program it like C (in a procedural or object-oriented way).

There are some things which are still harder in LabVIEW. However, there are some things in LabVIEW which are harder in C++. It's all a tradeoff. Both languages are fully capable of handling what we are throwing at them.

I have never even looked at LV. I know Java and C++ and the main reason I am programming the robot in C++ is b/c I know the WPI Libraries in C++ the best. And I will admit some things may be harder in C++, but we don't wanna make our job to easy now do we? haha.

[come-at-me-bro]

Our team is programming in C++! I'm surprised the majority of people are programming in Java. Then again in most schools there is a few classes for Java.