Creating a WPILIB Project

Creating a WPILIB Project

Creating a WPILIB Project is slightly different than creating a regular Java project. To do this, open VSC and follow the following steps.

1. After opening VSC, to open up WPILIB's Command Palette. If you don't know how, go to the top right of your screen, to the right of the run code button. In the screenshot below, it's that weird red/gray thing (note- it's probably different- it changes every year). Generally, it's the same icon as WPILIB VSC's app thumbnail.

1. In Command Palette, look for "WPILib: Create a new Project". Click it, and you'll enter the screen below.

   

   

   note: this is a screenshot of the 2023 Project Creator. As of 2025 it's remained fundimentally the same, but don't freak out if it looks different.
2. After this, we'll need to fill out all the different fields here. First, let's create a Romi template project.

3. Go to Select a project type and set it to Template.

4. Then, in Select a Language, press Java.

5. In Select a project base, click Romi- Command Robot. Fill out the rest of the fields, and click the checkbox over Enable Desktop Support. We'll use this to run the Romi.

After you do all of this successfully, you'd end up with a completely new project! In here, we will learn to code the robot.