Robocubs' 2017 Robot Code

Welcome! This is our 2017 robot code for FIRST Steamworks.

Gradle

We have switched over to Gradle (Pete, if you see this and don't like it, all the code before Gradle is in the branch named gradle.) None of the code has been changed in the time since Michigan 2017 State Championships.

IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse

If you need to use Eclipse or IntelliJ IDEA, follow the steps below.

IntelliJ IDEA

Simply type the following in your terminal:

./gradlew idea

Once Gradle has downloaded itself, pulled in the project dependencies, and generated the project files, open the project using IDEA. Get coding! (IDEA support is experimental, but from testing shows almost 100% stability.)

Eclipse

Simply type the following in your terminal:

./gradlew eclipse

Once Gradle has downloaded itself, pulled in the project dependencies, and generated the project files, open the project in Eclipse. Get coding!

Organization

The source root is the folder src/main/java. Within that, all the Java files are as-is from before the Gradle conversion.

Building with Gradle A Quick Overview of Targets

Gradle has a few different targets that it uses.

• ./gradlew idea generates IDEA project files. See above.
• ./gradlew eclipse generates Eclipse project files. See above.
• ./gradlew build creates a JAR file but does not deploy it.
• ./gradlew build deploy creates a JAR file and then ships said JAR file to the roboRIO just as the Ant-based build process did.
• ./gradlew --offline build deploy does the same as above but is designed so that Gradle doesn't check for updates. Useful during competition when there is limited or no Internet present.

Changing Gradle Settings

Everything that we need is in the build.gradle file. Gradle handles the WPILib, OpenCV, NetworkTables, CSCore, TalonSRX and navX libraries just like before, except it organizes them for us so there is no hair pulling.

To change any deploy settings, here is a link to the GradleRIO plugin that handles deployment. Within the frc block in the build.gradle file is where the described settings can be changed.

Assistance

There is no guarantee of assistance, but if you need it, file an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the 3-clause BSD license just like WPILib.