Is there something that compares PROS to Vex Code? At some point we will need to convert to V5 hardware and as the mentor in charge of teaching programming, I should probably look at it myself so I know how it works.
It seems like these are the to environments that are in the works most commented on. I did a google search and a forum search and there doesn’t seem to be much other than okapilib for PROS and a simpler system for vex code. That and personal experience and preference.
There is also Robot Mesh Studio with support for several languages: Blockly, Python, C++, and Javascript. RMS Blockly generates Python which is viewable side-by-side, and students can convert their Blockly project to a Python one with a couple clicks.
PROS allows you to use the IDE of your choice, whereas with vexCode you are limited to the modified version of VSCode (AFAIK) that ships. I use CLion with PROS.
Robot Mesh Studio is another option, I think it might have a CLI which allows you to use different editors? @John_TYler
Personally I prefer PROS, I just like the documentation a lot more than other solutions and okapilib is pretty powerful.
Yes, though it’s gone a while without an update now. The stuff delaying that update should be out of the way by the time @sabarrett328 gets his V5 stuff. (The current version works just fine for IQ and Cortex, Blockly and Python, though.)