A Software Engineering Approach to LabVIEW (Virtual Instrumentation Series) (Natural Instruments Virtual Instrumentation Series)

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Still Relevant. Obviously some of the code examples (which were written in LabVIEW 6.0) are dated, but the principles and ideas are as relevant today as they were when it was written. It is probably one of the easiest reading software books out there. Steve's sense of humor shines through. I literally sat down and breezed through it in 3 sittings.

The book is no "LabVIEW for dummies", so it wouldn't be a great buy for someone totally new to LabVIEW. However, if one is familiar with the environment the book is a treasure trove. It is an interesting read (despite the rather poor graphics) and could make an invaluable resource for someone shaping up to take on the challenge of their first large application.

A book full of very good tipps for intermediate and advanced LabView users. Actually one of the very few books aimed at LabView users that does not use half of its space for a beginners introduction into programming, telling how to build yet another "Hello World".Not the first book to be read by a beginner but still easy to read and understand.Unfortunately I found that it is a lottery whether you get a decent copy of the book or not. The one in the company was a standard-quality paperback. The printing quality of the pictures in the copy I recieved was just terrible. Do you still remember the b/w-daily newspaper pictures of the early eighties with something like 20 dpi? Then you know what I mean.Any LabView user will understand that VI-code examples with bad picture quality are as useful as C-Code examples printed with green letters on red paper.Five points for the content, two points for the printing quality, average rounded down as the content sometimes even was not understandable due to the bad printing quality.

I'm not sure what is the cause of the bad reviews over picture quality. The pictures look great in the edition I have - if there was a problem, it's fixed now. The content of the book is great and gives LabVIEW programmers (both new and old) a quality approach to engineering good code.I would definitely get this one to add to the reference library if you are or are interested in becoming a LabVIEW programmer.

This book is very germain for advanced LabVIEW Programmers and touches on the inportance of "Architecture" for LabVIEW code. It outlines OO Object Oriented coding and its application specifically in LabVIEW. I would have liked to see more examples - but I could easily fill in the blanks.A recommeded reference to have for any experienced LabVIEW programmer. [...]