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XRP Getting Started assumes too much knowledge on "Programming the XRP" #3051

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"The XRP, powered by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, is a small and inexpensive robot designed for learning about programming FRC robots." --Getting Started with XRP first page

That's a noble goal, but the last page "Programming the XRP" falls short. After pretty solid support through the bring-up process, it then dumps you out the side of the plane at 15,000 feet and hopes you had the foresight to pack a parachute:

One aspect where an XRP project differs from a regular FRC robot project is that the code is not deployed directly to the XRP. Instead, an XRP project runs on your development computer and leverages the WPILib simulation framework to communicate with the XRP.

That's all it says. No links, no guides. And for a "getting started" page, assuming knowledge of simulation to the point you'd have a moving robot feels like a great way to take the wind out of the sails of a new programmer.

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