A Software Engineering Approach to LabVIEW

Writing LabVIEW software to perform a complex task is never easy-especially when those last-minute feature requests cause a complexity explosion in your system, forcing you to rework much of your code! Jon Conway and Steve Watts offer a better solution: LCOD-LabVIEW Component Oriented Design-which, for the first time, applies the theories and principles of software design to LabVIEW programming. The material is presented in a lighthearted, engaging manner that makes learning enjoyable, even if you're not a computer scientist. * LCOD software engineering techniques make your software more robust and better able to handle complexity-by making it simpler! Even large, industrial-grade applications become manageable. * Design to embrace flexibility first, making changes and bug fixes much less painful * Pragmatic discussion of the authors' tried and tested techniques, written by-and for-working programmers * Covers design principles; LCOD overview, implementation, and complementary techniques; engineering essentials; style issues; and more * Complete with practical advice on requirements gathering, prototyping, user interface design, and rich with examples * Work through an example LCOD project (all code included on companion Web site) to tie the lessons together"