Once you have learned some basic Java, you're ready to start writing your first robot programs. All of the Java skills you learned are directly applicable to robot programming; if you haven't finished the first Java Programs above, you should do so now. Writing Java programs to control a robot is similar to the Java programming you've already learned; there are three key differences:

• The program you write must be transferred to the robot's computer (the roboRIO) where it will run

• FIRST and WPI provide a framework that your robot program must run within; the framework manages many aspects of the robot for you.

• WPI also provides a rich library of pre-written classes called WPIlib that makes robot programming faster and easier.

To run your robot code, you'll need a few things.

The examples below will teach you to program and use each part of an FRC robot; you should do them in order as they build on each other: