Labview Style Book

Best-practice style and techniques for writing superior LabVIEW applications Drawing on the experiences of a world-class LabVIEW development organization, this is the first definitive guide to best practices in LabVIEW programming. Leading LabVIEW development manager and instructor Peter A. Blume presents practical guidelines for optimizing every facet of your applications: ease-of-use, efficiency, readability, maintainability, robustness, simplicity, performance, and more. Blume explains each guideline thoroughly, presenting realistic examples and illustrations based on the latest version of LabVIEW. He even presents "nonconforming" examples that show what "not" to do--and "why not." Coverage includes - Why style matters: how good style improves quality and actually saves time over the full project life cycle - Before you code: configuring your LabVIEW environment, and organizing your files on disk and in the LabVIEW Project - LabVIEW project specifications--a specialized standard for specifying LabVIEW application requirements - Efficient VI layout and development: Front Panel, Block Diagram, Icons, and Connectors - Data structures: choosing data types, efficient use of arrays and clusters, and special considerations with nested data structures - Optimizing VIs involving complex data structures - Error handling strategies--trapping and reporting errors for maximum reliability - Design patterns: standard VI architectures and application frameworks that promote good style - Documenting your source code so others can read and maintain it - Enforcing the style guidelines through code reviews, including peer reviews and the LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit - Includes convenient glossary, StyleRules Summary, and additional references This bookwill be indispensable to everyone who wants to develop or maintain quality LabVIEW applications: developers, development managers, and end users alike. Authored by a long-time participant in National Instruments' Alliance Program, it will also be valuable to those preparing for NI's Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) or Certified LabVIEW Architect (CLA) exams, which contain significant sections on programming style. "Contents" "Foreword" "Preface" "Acknowledgments" "About the Author" Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Prepare for Good Style Chapter 3 Front Panel Style Chapter 4 Block Diagram Chapter 5 Icon and Connector Chapter 6 Data Structures Chapter 7 Error Handling Chapter 8 Design Patterns Chapter 9 Documentation Chapter 10 Code Reviews Appendix A Glossary Appendix B Style Rule Summary Appendix C Bibliography "Index"Blume, Peter A. is the author of 'Labview Style Book ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780131458352 and ISBN 0131458353.