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Setting Up Your Software Development Environment
This page has links and tutorials for setting up your computer for software development.
First you will need to get VSCode and the WPILib FRC Plugin. The following page from WPILib explains how to get VSCode and the WPILib FRC Plugin. https://docs.wpilib.org/en/latest/docs/getting-started/getting-started-frc-control-system/wpilib-setup.html
Note: If you have VSCode already, you still need to follow the instructions. WPILib uses their own version of VSCode which you get when you follow the steps in the link
To contribute to the team's Github, you will need to download Github Desktop. Github Desktop works with Windows and Apple. Instructions to download Github Desktop can be found here https://desktop.github.com/ If you do not have a Github account, make sure you create one. It is free to create an account. You can create an account with the following link https://github.com/join?source=header-home
In order to drive the robot, you will need the FRC Driver Station. This is not required, however if you want to download it you can. Note: You can only download the FRC Driver Station if you have Windows. Instructions to download the FRC Driver Station can be found here https://docs.wpilib.org/en/latest/docs/getting-started/getting-started-frc-control-system/frc-game-tools.html
To get the team's code on your computer, open up Github Desktop. Then go to file > Clone Repository. A smaller screen will pop up. Go to the tab that has "URL". The URL of the repository for the current FRC season will go here. If you want to get the code/repository for the 2020 season, you would put https://github.com/TheHighlanders/Infinite-Recharge-2020
For the local path, create a folder somewhere on your laptop. It does not matter where you put the folder or what you name it, however it will help if it's somewhere easy to find. After you create a folder, go back to Github Desktop and click on "Choose". Then you find your folder or put the path in the text box. Once you are done, click "Clone".