Setting Up The Development Environment

💻 Setting Up The Development Environment

• Please read the following short theory articles first:

  • The FTC Control System

• Setting up the Development Environment

  First, please check you have access to this organisation; you should see an edit button to the top right of this README. Otherwise, please follow the instructions here.

  • Download and Install the IDE, Android Studio, here.
  • Locate an empty folder in File Explorer/an equivalent, where you want to save the code.
    • Right-click the address bar.
    • Click "Copy address as text".
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  • Download and Install GitHub Desktop, or use Git in another way if you know how to.
    • In GitHub Desktop, log in with your GitHub account then click "Finish".
    • Navigate to File>Clone Repository
      • Type and select Brighton-FTC/2024
      • In the address box, select all and Ctrl+V. This pastes the path of the project folder you created.
      • Click "Clone".
        • N.B. If the school's SSL certificate blocks the cloning, the instructions here worked for me to resolve it.
  • Open Android Studio, File>Close Project if necessary, then:
    • Click "Open" in the landing screen
    • Click "Show path"
    • Select all then press Ctrl+V in the address bar again.
    • You should see the project folder selected, with an Android icon next to it.
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    • Click "OK", and your project will be loaded. You can close Android Studio and then open it again when needed.