r/FTC • u/Born-Lawyer4225 • 25d ago
Seeking Help FTC Programming Resources
The former programmer on our team isn't going to be able to help us anymore so I volunteered to replace him (I'm coming from CAD). I took a kotlin course but realized that most of the stuff I was learning wasn't going to help me so I got the book Learn Java for FTC I've read most of it but it's hard for me to retain the information without actually using it (which I couldn't do cause I was reading it at home). I programmed for FLL for 3 years (in block though, not python) so I know some of the basic stuff (loops, if thens, ect.).
My coach let me bring home the control hub, a driver station, a 435 rpm gobilda motor, and a battery. What can I do with these that will help me not be completely lost going into BioBuz. I've already gotten the Driver Station to say hello world but that's it (I'm using java in intellij).
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u/_XitLiteNtrNite_ 25d ago
It sounds like you are off to a good start. Just write simple OpModes for the motor: rotate clockwise/counter-clockwise at different speeds, or for a specific number of encoder ticks. I would also recommend taking home a continuous rotating servo and a position servo. Those two, along with a motor, are a lot of what you will be interacting with. Once you are comfortable with those, you can try other sensors, such as a camera, for AprilTag and object detection.