.. meta::
   :title: Programming Resources, FTC Docs
   :description: Official Programming Resources for FIRST Tech Challenge
   :keywords: Blocks, FTC, FIRST Tech Challenge, On Bot Java, Android Studios, Control Hub, Robot Controller, Driver Station, FTC Control System, Programming Resources

Programming Resources
=====================

This page contains programming tutorials and related Control System
documentation useful for configuring and programming Control System
components.

Programming Tutorials
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*FIRST* Tech Challenge Programming Tutorials

-  :doc:`Choosing a Programming Tool <shared/choosing_program_lang/choosing-program-lang>`
-  :doc:`Blocks Tutorial <blocks/Blocks-Tutorial>`
-  :doc:`Onbot Java Tutorial <onbot_java/OnBot-Java-Tutorial>`
-  :doc:`Android Studio Tutorial <android_studio_java/Android-Studio-Tutorial>`

.. toctree::
   :caption: Tutorials
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:
   :hidden:

   shared/choosing_program_lang/choosing-program-lang
   blocks/Blocks-Tutorial
   onbot_java/OnBot-Java-Tutorial
   android_studio_java/Android-Studio-Tutorial


Supporting Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Control System Supporting Documentation

-  :doc:`Control System Introduction <shared/control_system_intro/The-FTC-Control-System>`
-  :doc:`Required Materials <shared/required_materials/Required-Materials>`
-  :doc:`Using Your Android Device <shared/using_android_device/Using-Your-Android-Device>`
-  :doc:`Phone Pairing <shared/phone_pairing/phone-pairing>`
-  :doc:`Configuring Your Android Devices <shared/configuring_android/Configuring-Your-Android-Devices>`
-  :doc:`Connecting Devices to a Control or Expansion Hub </hardware_and_software_configuration/connecting_devices/index>`
-  :doc:`Configuring Your Hardware </hardware_and_software_configuration/configuring/index>`
-  :doc:`Connecting a Laptop to a Program & Manage Wi-Fi Network <shared/program_and_manage_network/Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network>`
-  :doc:`Installing a Javascript Enabled Browser <shared/installing_javascript_browser/Installing-a-Javascript-Enabled-Browser>`
-  :doc:`Managing a Control Hub <shared/managing_control_hub/Managing-a-Control-Hub>`
-  :doc:`Managing a Smartphone Driver Station (DS) <shared/managing_smartphone_ds/Managing-a-Smartphone-Driver-Station>`
-  :doc:`Managing a Smartphone Robot Controller (RC) <shared/managing_smartphone_rc/Managing-a-Smartphone-Robot-Controller>`

.. toctree::
   :caption: Supplemental
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:
   :hidden:

   shared/required_materials/Required-Materials
   shared/using_android_device/Using-Your-Android-Device
   shared/phone_pairing/phone-pairing
   shared/configuring_android/Configuring-Your-Android-Devices
   shared/program_and_manage_network/Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network
   shared/installing_javascript_browser/Installing-a-Javascript-Enabled-Browser
   shared/managing_control_hub/Managing-a-Control-Hub
   shared/managing_smartphone_ds/Managing-a-Smartphone-Driver-Station
   shared/managing_smartphone_rc/Managing-a-Smartphone-Robot-Controller

AprilTag Programming
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Topics for programming with AprilTags

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:

   AprilTag Introduction <../apriltag/vision_portal/apriltag_intro/apriltag-intro>
   VisionPortal Overview <../apriltag/vision_portal/visionportal_overview/visionportal-overview>
   Webcams for VisionPortal </apriltag/vision_portal/visionportal_webcams/visionportal-webcams>
   Understanding AprilTag Values <../apriltag/understanding_apriltag_detection_values/understanding-apriltag-detection-values>
   AprilTag Test Images <../apriltag/opmode_test_images/opmode-test-images>

TensorFlow Programming
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Topics for programming with TensorFlow Object Detection (TFOD)

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:

   vision/tensorflow_cs_2023/tensorflow-cs-2023
   vision/tensorflow_pp_2022/tensorflow_pp_2022
   vision/tensorflow_ff_2021/tensorflow-ff-2021
   vision/blocks_tfod_opmode/blocks-tfod-opmode
   vision/blocks_tfod_opmode_custom/blocks-tfod-opmode-custom
   vision/java_tfod_opmode/java-tfod-opmode
   vision/java_tfod_opmode_custom/java-tfod-opmode-custom

Vision Programming
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Learning more about using vision

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:

   vision/vision_overview/vision-overview
   vision/webcam_controls/index
   Camera Calibration <vision/camera_calibration/camera-calibration>
   
Advanced Topics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Advanced Topics for Programmers

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :titlesonly:

   shared/pid_coefficients/pid-coefficients
   shared/pidf_coefficients/pidf-coefficients
   shared/auto_load_opmode/auto-load-opmode
   shared/myblocks/index
   shared/external_libraries_blocks/external-libraries-blocks.rst
   imu/imu.rst
   shared/installing_kotlin/Installing-Kotlin

   
Additional *FIRST* Website Resources
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-  `FIRST Website Programming Resources Link <https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/ftc/technology-information-and-resources>`__