This guide will outline suggested reading to get started with using a part of Dairy. This will assume you are looking to use some main functionality, and will not cover every library.

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Core:

You won’t need everything that Core has on offer, so don’t stress about learning it all, you can always come back to the docs later, once you realise that you need that tool.

1. Read the overview, about the FeatureRegistrar and about Features.
2. Read about OpMode templating and OpModeLazyCell.
3. Take a look at the examples in the TeamCode module of the GitHub repository and try challenging yourself to write a Feature for a subsystem, or to allow you to automatically perform a task.
4. Take a look at EnhancedSuppliers, Controllers and Configuration.
5. Take a look at Util for other utilities that come with the library.
6. Check out another Dairy library, or start writing your own, feel free to reach out for help, or if you’re interested in getting your library in the Dairy Foundation.

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Mercurial:

1. I recommend starting with the Mercurial docs to get a feel for commands.
2. Take a quick look at the overview of Core, and read the warnings about needing to add hooks to LinearOpMode.
3. Take a look at the examples in the TeamCode module of the GitHub repository, and try challenging yourself to write some common FTC programming challenges with Mercurial.
4. Read Pasteurized and Core in whatever order you prefer. You may wish to read a little, then challenge yourself to use what you’ve read about, in order to practice using it.
   • Pasteurized will give you a more advanced understanding of Gamepads in Mercurial, and how to use them in more complex ways.
   • Core will give you an understanding of many common utilities that Dairy offers, and you will learn about Features, which Mercurial recommends using for Subsystems. Take a look at the Core reading guide.