A guide to learning Java for FRC programming

Available to view at: https://montclairrobotics.github.io/FRC-Programming-Guide/

Key:

• ❌: Not started.
• 🚧: Developing.
• ✔️: Done but missing QOL improvements.
• 🎉: Complete, may have minor spelling issues but should be finished content-wise.

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Roadmap:

1. Java Fundamentals [🎉]
   1. Basic Syntax [🎉]
   2. Variables [🎉]
   3. Mathematical Operators [🎉]
   4. Boolean & Equality Operators [🎉]
   5. Arrays [🎉]
   6. Control Flow [🎉]
   7. If Else [🎉]
   8. Loops [🎉]
   9. Functions [🎉]
2. Object-Oriented Programming [🚧]
   1. Classes [🎉]
   2. Scope [🎉]
   3. Objects [🚧]
   4. Packages [❌]
3. Git & GitHub [🎉]
   1. Installing Git [🎉]
   2. Basic Git & GitHub [🎉]
   3. How To Contribute Effectively [✔️]
4. FRC Programming [🚧]
   1. Installing WPILib [🎉]
   2. Terminology [❌]
   3. An Electronics Primer [🎉]
   4. Code Structure (Robot.java and RobotContainer) [❌]
   5. Components (motors, leds, gyro, roborio, etc) [❌]
   6. Vision [🚧]
   7. PID [✔️]
   8. Swerve [❌]
   9. Autonomous [❌]
   10. Command-Based Programming vs OOP [❌]
   11. Robot Interfacing (Driver Station)
5. Advanced Java (ALL need refining)[❌]
   1. Inheritance (ext resource) [🚧]
   2. Advanced String Usage [❌]
   3. Arraylist [✔️]
   4. Hashmap [✔️]
   5. Hashset [✔️]
   6. Lambdas [✔️]
   7. Style Guide [❌]
6. Appendix
   1. Special Thanks [🎉]
   2. What Next? [❌]