== Setup your laptop
Note: although you can do Java development using any laptop (Windows, Mac, Linux), you can only ''run'' java robot software using a Windows laptop (the FRC driver station doesn't run on Mac or Linux), so for 2537 development, you should plan to do your work using a computer running MS Windows; if you don't have one, you can use one of the team laptops.  If you want to set up your own Windows-based computer for FRC Java development:

   1. Install Java 
       * Install Java Development Kit (JDK) version 11 from either [https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu-community/ Zulu] (recommended) or [https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html Oracle] 
       * Add an environment variable JAVA_HOME that points to the directory where you installed Java and add the bin sub-folder to your search path; see detailed instructions [https://javatutorial.net/set-java-home-windows-10 here].
   1. Install Git (if not already on your computer) from [https://git-scm.com/downloads here]
   1. Install the Microsoft VSCode IDE software development environment using either of these methods:
      1. Manually
          1. Install Microsoft [https://code.visualstudio.com/download VSCode]
          1. Install the latest WPILib Extension for VSCode using the VSCode [https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery extension manager] (search for WPILib).  You can also install manually by downloading the latest non-beta version from non-beta version [https://github.com/wpilibsuite/vscode-wpilib/releases here]
          1. Install the Java Extension for VSCode using the extension manager (this will install a number of additional extensions)
      1. Automatically
          1. Follow the detailed instructions [https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/currentCS/m/79833/l/932382-installing-vs-code here]
   1. To use cameras, you need to install the National Instruments (NI) FRC Vision Development Module [http://www.ni.com/download/vision-development-module here].  Choose the 'current user' version, login to your NI account (or create one), and then select the Vision Development Module (FRC) for download.  Unzip and install the module; when you later run the driver station software, it will ask you to activate the module using the instructions provided on the DriverStationSetup setup page
   1. Install the latest National Instruments (NI) FRC Update Suite [http://www.ni.com/download/first-robotics-software-2017/7904/en/ here].  Detailed instructions are [https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/currentCS/m/cpp/l/1027499-installing-the-frc-update-suite-all-languages here].  Note: to activate the vision module you will need the current team serial number which you can get from a mentor.
   1. Install the [http://www.ctr-electronics.com/control-system/hro.html#product_tabs_technical_resources CTRE Phoenix Framework]
   1. Make sure Microsoft Internet Explorer (yep) is installed on your computer