Setting Up Your Computer
If your using a team laptop all these programs should already be pre-installed. If this isn't the case talk with a captain or mentor and they will get everything download and installed.
- Install Git Tools
- Install Visual Studio Code
- Install WPILib
Before getting starting working with source control in visual studio we need to setup a username and email that will be associated with our commits. To do this open a command prompt and enter the following commands replacing you@example.com with your email and first last with your name.
You only need to do this on a personal computer. If you are on a team computer, skip this step.
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "first last"
You only ever have to do this once to globally set your email and name for git.
- Don't wait to ask for help when you need it.
- Use Google and Stack Overflow to find terms you don't know and to locate sample code to do something that isn't explained.
- Add to the Wiki to provide tips for other students.
- ABC -> Always Be Coding. Git makes it possible to code from school and home. The best programmers spend extra time coding. Find a hobby project. Make an Android App, find a Raspberry Pi project, or create a game. Java is a broadly used language with many applications. You don't need to always code in Java though. Python is a popular language used for Raspberry Pi and data mining. It is often taught as a primary language in colleges. C# is syntactically almost identical to Java, used in Unity for most mobile games, as well as very large companies in enterprise systems. C++ is used for many embedded hardware systems, including Arduino. Code is code, it is written slightly differently from language to language, but most successful developers can code in multiple languages.