Team 4682 CyBears • Bishop Blanchet High School

CyBears Java Coding for FRC

Hands-on Java programming for robotics applications in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Sponsored by the CyBears Team 4682.

About the Curriculum

Objective: Teach Java programming skills specifically for robotics applications in FRC.

Format: Hands-on coding sessions and projects.

What You’ll Learn: Basic to intermediate Java and core robotics programming concepts.

Required Software

Follow these directions to install the required software:

GitHub Classroom Assignment Links

Accept the assignments directly from these links:

Unit 1

Input, Variables, and Strings

Unit 2

Types and Operators

Unit 3

Conditionals

Unit 4

Methods

Unit 5

Classes and MyRobot

Each unit corresponds to one GitHub Classroom repository. After accepting the link, open your repository in GitHub Desktop and then in VS Code to begin.

Using VS Code

The instructions will walk you through using GitHub Classroom and VS Code and running the starter code.

Using GitHub Classroom and VS Code

Checking In Code to GitHub

The instructions will walk you through checking your code to GitHub.

Using GitHub Classroom and VS Code

Getting Help

  1. Search the web for any exact error message (many issues come from VS Code, GitHub Desktop, or GitHub Classroom tooling).
  2. Ask your team mentor or a more senior coder.
  3. Create an Issue (We don't have a lot of bandwidth to monitor this, so please use as a last resort.)

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Josephine Bolotski

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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