NI LabVIEW Skills Guide

Install LabVIEW

Navigate the LabVIEW environment

Apply key LabVIEW structures (such as Case structures and loops) and data types (such as Booleans, strings, and numerics)

Apply key LabVIEW elements for relating data (such as arrays, clusters, and typedefs)

Read and interpret existing LabVIEW code

Troubleshoot and debug LabVIEW code

Understand and select appropriate application timing techniques

Apply basic design patterns and LabVIEW templates such as the Simple State Machine template

Use event programming to handle user interface interaction or communicate data between processes

Install LabVIEW

Navigate the LabVIEW environment

Apply key LabVIEW structures (such as Case structures and loops) and data types (such as Booleans, strings, and numerics)

Apply key LabVIEW elements for relating data (such as arrays, clusters, and typedefs)

Read and interpret existing LabVIEW code

Troubleshoot and debug LabVIEW code

Understand and select appropriate application timing techniques

Apply basic design patterns and LabVIEW templates such as the Simple State Machine template

Use event programming to handle user interface interaction or communicate data between processes

Programmatically control user interface objects

Evaluate and use file I/O formats for data analysis and storage

Optimize reuse of existing code for your projects

Create executables and installers to distribute your application

Identify an appropriate software development process for the project

Understand and design to requirements

Derive a task list and high-level flowchart to guide design and development

Organize a software project using the LabVIEW Project Explorer Window

Develop a user interface that meets user requirements and LabVIEW style guidelines

Handle and log errors globally or locally during code execution

Design, implement, document, and test code modules for each task

Integrate code modules into the application architecture

Design, implement, document, and test an intermediate-level LabVIEW architecture such as a Queued Message Handler

Install LabVIEW

Navigate the LabVIEW environment

Apply key LabVIEW structures (such as Case structures and loops) and data types (such as Booleans, strings, and numerics)

Apply key LabVIEW elements for relating data (such as arrays, clusters, and typedefs)

Read and interpret existing LabVIEW code

Troubleshoot and debug LabVIEW code

Understand and select appropriate application timing techniques

Apply basic design patterns and LabVIEW templates such as the Simple State Machine template

Use event programming to handle user interface interaction or communicate data between processes

Programmatically control user interface objects

Evaluate and use file I/O formats for data analysis and storage

Optimize reuse of existing code for your projects

Create executables and installers to distribute your application

Identify an appropriate software development process for the project

Understand and design to requirements

Derive a task list and high-level flowchart to guide design and development

Organize a software project using the LabVIEW Project Explorer Window

Develop a user interface that meets user requirements and LabVIEW style guidelines

Handle and log errors globally or locally during code execution

Design, implement, document, and test code modules for each task

Integrate code modules into the application architecture

Design, implement, document, and test an intermediate-level LabVIEW architecture such as a Queued Message Handler

Determine appropriateness of an object-oriented approach for your application

Design an application using object-oriented design principles

Implement a basic class hierarchy using LabVIEW classes

Use LabVIEW features that provide additional functionality to LabVIEW classes

Implement an application using common object-oriented design patterns

Modify an existing LabVIEW application to replace common patterns with LabVIEW objects

Optimize code and resources to effectively reduce development time and costs

Adapt the software engineering process to your projects

Select and leverage appropriate tools and techniques for managing development

Conduct an effective LabVIEW code review

Understand tools and advanced techniques for testing and validating applications

Refine a requirements document and develop an architecture for an application based on LabVIEW

Understand and apply the elements of a good architecture

Understand architecture design trade-offs and select an appropriate design pattern for your application

Design a clean API (application programming interface)

Analyze, critique, and improve the architecture of a LabVIEW application

Understand and apply advanced design patterns and LabVIEW templates such as the Actor Framework template