Installing Necessary Software

What you need to install

Here is all the stuff you should need to get set up for Robot Code!

• WPILib -A modified version of VS Code, this is our IDE
• AdvantageScope -Installed with WPILib, used for logging and testing
• GitHub Desktop -App for easy git use
• FRC Game Tools -Includes the FRC Driver Station and Shuffleboard for driving and logging. Here is the guide for how to download.
• Shuffleboard -Installed with FRC Game Tools, used for logging and driver station displays
• Phoenix Tuner X -Used to set up firmware and clear errors for Pheonix hardware (Talons, Pigeons, CANCoders, etc.)
• REV Hardware Client -Used to set up firmware and clear errors for REV hardware (Spark MAXs, Spark Flexs, etc.)
• Photonvision -Runs vision for AprilTags on a coprocessor
• balenaEtcher -Use to flash SD cards for coprocessors, typically for PhotonVision
• Pathplanner -Generates motion profiled paths for the robot to follow in autos

VSCode alternative, not necessary or recommended to download.

• IntelliJ -An alternative to VS Code, make sure to download the Community Editon
• IntelliJ Plugins -We use an FRC plugin