00_Installation

Setting Up Your Environment

Windows

1. Visit the WPILib GitHub page and download the appropriate installer.
2. Run the installer
3. Download and install Visual Studio Code using the installer
4. Download Git if you don't have it. Use default settings & ensure desktop shortcut is created
5. Check the end of this page for the final instruction.

Mac

1. Download Visual Studio Code
2. Visit the WPILib GitHub page, download most recent release to your Downloads folder, and extract the folder.
3. Rename the newly extracted folder to frc2019
4. Open a terminal and type mv ~/Downloads/frc2019 ~
5. Open Visual Studio Code and open the extensions tab (cube-like icon on left side). Then click on the 3 dots next to the search bar and select Install from VSIX.... Navigate to the frc2019 folder (In your home folder) and select the extensions folder. Select an extension to install. Do this for each extension in the folder.
6. Open the terminal (spotlight search: cmd+space - Search for terminal) and type git --version. If a git version pops up you're done! Check the end of this page for final instructions. Otherwise, an installer should pop up. Proceed with the installer (it may take a while...)

Linux

1. Download Visual Studio Code
2. Visit the WPILib GitHub page, download the most recent release to your Downloads folder, and extract the folder.
3. Rename the newly extracted folder to frc2019
4. Open a terminal and type mv ~/Downloads/frc2019 ~
5. Open Visual Studio Code and open the extensions tab (cube-like icon on left side). Then click on the 3 dots next to the search bar and select Install from VSIX.... Navigate to the frc2019 folder (In your home folder) and select the extensions folder. Select an extension to install. Do this for each extension in the folder.
6. Install git using your distribution's package manager if you don't have it already (run git --version in the terminal to check).

All Operating Systems Final Installation

• Open Visual Studio Code
  1. Ensure the WPILib extension and the Java Extension Pack are both installed.
  2. Open the command palette by clicking on View -> Command Palette and type WPILib: Set VS Code Java Home to FRC Java Home and press enter.
  3. Open File -> Preferences -> Settings and make sure the following is set correctly by searching for it in the search bar:
     • Tab Size = 4
     • Format on paste checked
     • Format on save checked