My team and I are wondering what is the best programing software to use for VEX v5. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Hands down, VEXcode. You can learn more here: Edit: It is free, like VCS, but is a bit better for competition use. [image] VEXcode V5 Text Preview VEX News As most people have noticed by now, it’s been a while since the last update to VEX Coding Studio. We understand your…

I used VCS for turning point, and it worked, but it was certainly not ideal. Personally I really like Robot Mesh’s Studio. It has lot’s of templates for references and looks nice. Only issue is you need WiFi to use it.

The technical “best” is almost certainly PROS. But the best for you will depend on many factors, such as your experience level and familiarity with the variety of language options (C++, Python, JavaScript, visual, etc.). So you will need to give us more information to go on.

I’m going to vouch for PROS since it was developed for people who use it in competition. and is very versatile as well.

We released offline desktop and command line versions for Windows partway through last season, actually.

Oh. Then yeah, Robot Mesh is OP.

I like RMS for its versatility and features (many languages, has mimic which is basically RVW but better in most ways), and its good documentation. I do use PROS though, for its power and libraries, as well as amazing documentation. VexCode is decent, and is built solidly as a proper environment f…

I am going to throw another vote in for PROS.

I’ll go ahead and say that pros 3 is certainly my software of choice. On top of its flexibility and great documentation, it’s being a package for Atom gives the editor a lot of options for customization. It also has a few toys to play with that it’s competitors lack, such as LVGL and okapi-lib. It’s…

[image] P_Mania: great documentation I found the documentation of PROS to be quite confusing, as I generally spend 30 minutes to an hour trying to figure out where something is, even with their API’s search bar. But yet again, I will admit that VCS’s API is so simplistic that they hide infor…

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MostLikelyAHuman May 13, 2019, 9:49pm 2

Hands down, VEXcode. You can learn more here:

Edit: It is free, like VCS, but is a bit better for competition use.