RobotPy Workshop
Requirements (all platforms)
Go to python.org, download and install Python 3. Will require admin access on your machine.
https://www.python.org/downloads/
Requirements (Windows)
Next, install pyfrc via pip (requires internet). Open up the command prompt:
py -3 -m pip install pyfrc
Requirements (OSX)
Next, install pyfrc via pip (requires internet). Open up a terminal and do one of the following:
OSX (admin access):
sudo pip3 install pyfrc
OSX (no admin access):
pip3 install --user pyfrc
Or on the internet:
pip3 install --user pyfrc
Running the code
Command prompt
Once you have the requirements installed, you can run this from a terminal or command prompt.
Don't forget to change directory to where robot.py is!
OSX:
python3 robot.py sim
Linux:
python3 robot.py sim
Or on windows:
py -3 robot.py sim
From Eclipse (with pydev installed)
Open up robot.py, select "Run As" and "Python Run", and make sure to add the 'sim' argument to your run configuration.
More information
RobotPy Documentation is available online at:
http://robotpy.readthedocs.io/
http://pyfrc.readthedocs.io/
There are more RobotPy samples online at
https://github.com/robotpy/robotpy-wpilib/tree/master/examples/examples
https://github.com/robotpy/pyfrc/tree/master/samples
Also see the RobotPy mailing list:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/robotpy
Author
Dustin Spicuzza (dustin@virtualroadside.com)