Someone asked me at #TCEA13 what my favorite programming language was, and my answer was: what do you want me to do?
I’ve been using RobotC since I started Robotics, since the Labview user interface made my head explode. However, I sat in a session on Labview at the Robotics and am finally getting how it works.
The biggest difference between the two, is that Labview has a bigger learning curve – I got people driving robots in less than 30 minutes, and it took about 1 hour to get there with Labview.
The other difference is virtual worlds. You have to have a live working robot to do anything with Labview, where you can use a simulated robot to learn how to program in RobotC.
However, I think actually getting things done is faster in Labview.
It will be interesting to see how my students cope with it.
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