Programmer’s Guide

• If you don’t know python very well (or at all), start with Introduction to Python

• Otherwise, start with Anatomy of a robot

• Introduction to Python
  • Language elements
  • Variables
  • Control Flow
  • Operations
  • Functions
  • Classes
  • Loops
  • Exceptions
  • Future topics
  • Next Steps
• Anatomy of a robot
  • Create your Robot code
  • Importing necessary modules
  • Robot object
  • Adding motors and sensors
  • Robot Operating Modes (TimedRobot)
  • Main block
  • Putting it all together
  • Next Steps
• Running robot code
  • How to execute the script
  • Commands
  • Next steps
• Deploying to the robot
  • Immediate feedback via Netconsole
  • Skipping Tests
  • Starting deployed code at boot
  • Manually deploying code
  • Next Steps
• Robot Simulator
  • Customizing The Simulator and Making Fields.
  • Communicating via NetworkTables
  • Real Joystick support via pygame
  • Gazebo simulation
  • Next Steps
• Unit testing robot code
  • Builtin unit tests
  • Writing your own test functions
  • code coverage for tests
  • Next Steps
• Best Practices
  • Make sure you’re running the latest version of RobotPy!
  • Don’t use the print statement/logger excessively
  • Don’t die during the competition!
  • Consider using a robot framework
• Using NetworkTables
  • Robot Configuration
  • Server initialization (Robot)
  • Client initialization (Driver Station/Coprocessor)
  • Theory of operation
  • External tools
• Example Code