Dalton Smith

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Waiting on https://github.com/wpilibsuite/allwpilib/pull/2410

A couple of thoughts, version 1 I think we should split up setting up the robot, versus setting up tooling for software. This will probably be more clear. What is...

@Kevin-OConnor I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Hardware is a different beast to tackle, but I think keeping them separate but leading into each other would still be useful.

@ItayZiv I don't believe the purpose of the 0-to-robot is to teach programming as much as it is to get a functional robot

To get a robot move in TimedBased ``` WPI_TalonSRX motorLeft = new WPI_TalonSRX(0); WPI_TalonSRX motorRight = new WPI_TalonSRX(1); XBoxController driverController = new XBoxController(0); DifferentialDrive m_robotDrive = new DifferentialDrive(motorLeft, motorRight); @Override...

Remember that the key point for the getting started section is not to teach programming, it's to get a robot moving. That is the emphasis here.

@Kevin-OConnor So is your idea to structure things into an Overview, which lists the control system basics of things that are language agnostic. And then split up out things from...

Also, I think due to the new structure, a software overview is not needed due to the clarity of the sidebar. Each tool is quite obvious, versus ScreenSteps where it...