LabVIEW (Hardcover)

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Product Description

A text offering in-depth coverage of the test and measurement application software, LabVIEW, with discussion of such topics as object-oriented technologies and instrument drivers. The CD-ROM contains helpful materials for use with the text. System requirements: Windows 95+, 12MB hard disk space, 16 MB RAM, and 640x480 color monitor. DLC: Computer programming.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 456 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (August 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849320496
• ISBN-13: 978-0849320491
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,593,590 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book if You're Beyond Basics, August 9, 2001

By A Customer

I've been programming for about two years. Most of my training in Labview is by trial-and-error and reading the examples that came with Labview. I've written over 3 dozen programs for my present employer.

As for books, I have many of them. This book in particular, is aimed to the advanced user. Don't expect to learn how to write programs with this book. For a graphical programming language, this book has very little graphics or pictures.

What you can expect is to hone your applications so that they are easier for the end user, easier to maintain and separates `working' VIs from `expert' VI. Many little tricks in this book (such as setting preferences, using state machines, and yes, Active X) will make your applications run faster with less overhead.

If you're looking for a book to show you more programming techniques, with actual examples, I'd opt for Essick's "Advanced LabVIEW Labs" (an intermediate book) or Johnson's "LabVIEW Graphical Programming" (more advanced). If you're looking for ways to separate yourself from programmers that make `working' VIs, then this book by Bitter et al. is for you.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for advanced LabVIEW users, September 1, 2000

By A Customer

An excellent book for LabVIEW program designers and programmers! Especially for LabVIEW users with several years experience and try to learn more new software techniques. The authors introduced many concepts and techniques in C/C++ such as ActiveX, COM, DCOM etc. The OOA, OOD and design pattern are also combined with LabVIEW programming. There are many useful examples in the book. I recommend this book to all LabVIEW users.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good starting point for google, August 17, 2004

By	L. I. Tobos "x95larry" (Farmington Hills, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First off, about first 60 pages are wasted with a very introductory description of the various Labview palettes. So you'd think it's a newbie friendly book... Forget it ..Later on, it presents interesting tricks but you got to be really advanced yourself to "get it". Not quite the "step by step" other referals praise so much. But I admit, the tricks are neat, and if you're beyond the basics and good enough to think about architecting large projects, I would highly recommend the book.