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LabVIEW Style Book, The, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (November 21, 2017) © 2007

  • Peter A. Blume
$87.20

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Leading LabVIEW development manager Peter A. Blume presents practical guidelines or "rules" for optimizing every facet of your LabVIEW applications: ease of use, efficiency, readability, simplicity, performance, maintainability, and robustness. Blume explains each style rule thoroughly, presenting realistic examples and illustrations. This book will be indispensable to anyone who wants to develop or maintain quality LabVIEW applications: developers, managers, and end users alike. It will also be valuable to those preparing for National Instrument's Certified LabVIEW Developer or Certified LabVIEW Architect exams, which contain significant content on development style.

* Teaches why style is important in developing LabVIEW applications

* Presents realistic examples and illustrations

* Gives practical guidelines for optimizing every facet of a LabVIEW application: ease of use, readability, simplicity, perofrmance, maintainability, and robustness

* Helps the student prepare for the Certified LabVIEW Developer and Certified LabVIEW Architect exams

Foreword by Darren Nattinger  xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments  xx

About the Author  xxii

 

Chapter 1          The Significance of Style  1

Chapter 2          Prepare for Good Style  21

Chapter 3          Front Panel Style  47

Chapter 4          Block Diagram  87

Chapter 5          Icon and Connector  129

Chapter 6          Data Structures  157

Chapter 7          Error Handling  203

Chapter 8          Design Patterns  239

Chapter 9          Documentation  299

Chapter 10        Code Reviews  319

Appendix A       Glossary  339

Appendix B       Style Rules Summary  349

Index  357

 

Peter Blume is the founder and president of Bloomy, a National Instruments Select Integration Partner that specializes in LabVIEW-based systems development. Since LabVIEW Version 2.5, Blume and his staff of engineers have solved more than a thousand industrial applications for customers throughout the northeastern United States. To promote consistent quality among multiple developers in multiple offices, Blume established and evolved the company’s LabVIEW development practices.

Blume has written and presented multiple LabVIEW style-related presentations, including Bloomy Controls’ Professional LabVIEW Development Guidelines at NIWeek 2002 and Five Techniques for Better LabVIEW Code at NIWeek 2003. He also has published technical articles in various trade publications, including Test & Measurement World, Evaluation Engineering, Electronic Design, and Desktop Engineering.

Blume holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Connecticut. He is a National Instruments Certified LabVIEW Developer and Certified Professional Instructor. The company has offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. For more information, visit www.bloomy.com.

Readers who want to contact Blume regarding style-related suggestions, questions, or comments may do so at the following email address: lvstyle@bloomy.com . Readers interested in contracting Bloomy for a LabVIEW development project should call us directly or contact us through our website at www.bloomy.com/quote.

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