Aggregate Java resources into Wiki

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Pull together as many learning resources as possible, and turn them into wiki pages.

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Migrated from JHS-Viking-Robotics/LabVIEW-Setup-Guide Issue 4

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Feel free to add links and add to this list:

• Team 3255 Java Tutorial
• Codecademy Java Tutorial (recommended by FRC)
• A real life, physical, paper book (also recommended by FRC, and probably your english teacher too 😄)
• Hackr.io intro to Java tutorial
• VS Code Download (note that VS Code is only officially supported IDE for FRC)
• WPI Lib Java official docs
• WPI Lib official GitHub
• CTRE Phoenix official docs
• CTRE Phoenix official GitHub
• CTRE Phoenix Java examples

How to setup on macOS:

1. Download the WPILib installer (scroll to bottom to download the WPILib_macOS installer). Click on the .dmg, run WPILibInstaller, and follow the prompts to install the WPI library
2. Download the CTRE Phoenix Framework Installer to install the Phoenix Framework

How to setup on Windows 10

1. Download the WPILib installer (scroll to bottom to download the WPILib_Windows64 installer). Right click the .iso, select Mount, and run WPILibInstaller.exe. Follow the prompts to install the WPI library
2. Download the CTRE Phoenix Framework Installer to install the Phoenix Framework

How to manually setup Java on macOS

1. Install Homebrew (follow the instructions here

2. Run brew tap adoptopenjdk/openjdk to add the official JDK source for Homebrew

3. Run brew install java visual-studio-code to install java and VS Code
   Getting Started with Java for FRC

4. Make a Codecademy account and start their Learn Java course

5. Install WPI Lib, Phoenix Lib, Git, and Sourcetree on your computer

6. Read through Team 3255's Java Tutorial

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Migrated from JHS-Viking-Robotics/LabVIEW-Setup-Guide Issue 4

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Add some docs on lambda's and instantiating without defining, which are concepts not covered in the training course but are commonly used in FRC code and in examples.

• Blog post about Lambda's
• Stack Exchange blog post on temporary object instantiation
• WPI Lib docs on lambdas in FRC code (with links to Oracle tutorial)

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Team 2881 has some good code on their GitHub page

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This book is quite long and detailed, but a great reference for control theory

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Docs from oracle on understanding objects

2019 0 to autonomous video

Awesome intro to FRC Java video series from Team 3560

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Awesome collection of Java resources from Team 3468

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Partially completed docs from Team 167, with docs for non-programming topics as well

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http://training.spectrum3847.org/