You can start coding before the robot exists, but if you have a physical robot available, so much the better. The WPILib extension contains a wizard to get you going quickly. Now that you’ve got Visual Studio Code installed and configured for WPILib, you can start creating robot programs. Installing Java for FRC programming August 12, 2018.Creating Java Robot Programs with VS Code September 5, 2018.Creating Java Programs with Eclipse October 21, 2018.