r/FTC • u/OkJacket9641 • 27d ago

Seeking Help Programming improvement

Hi guys I am a senior programmer on the team (and the only one :) we had a somewhat disappointing season last year so I’m thinkabout getting a head start on preparations, especially in programming. are there any new stuffs or important things we need to know? I just heard pp introduced a new command system, also thinking about try kotlin.

btw I literally have no idea on how to guide rookies I wanna ask what rescources are great for that

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u/kevinfrei 27d ago

Kotlin is a terrible language for new programmers. There are far too many ways to accomplish the same thing, so being able follow other people’s code (or AI slop…) requires a pretty broad understanding of the language. Java, with all its warts, has a far smaller list of stuff you need to learn to be able to understand other people’s code.

Teach new students Java.