# Downloading Essential Tools

This page will contain all the tools we recommend for programming the Romi, as well as all other FRC bots.

## VSC + WPILIB Extension

For FRC Programming, we use WPILIB VSC (Visual Studio Code). This version of VSC is just like regular VSC but with tons of QOL changes that'll give you a longer life expectancy. Here is a link to instructions from WPILIB.&#x20;

[https://docs.wpilib.org/en/stable/docs/zero-to-robot/step-2/wpilib-setup.html](https://docs.wpilib.org/en/stable/docs/zero-to-robot/step-2/wpilib-setup.html)

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