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…mehr
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.
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Autorenporträt
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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