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LabVIEW Learning Materials

This page mirrors curated links from the LabVIEW Wiki so educators and students can quickly find high-quality learning resources.

LabVIEW Programming Basics

Resource	Type	Source	Notes
LabVIEW Overview	Playlist	YouTube	Intro to environment, wiring, visualization, basic hardware connectivity.
How To… in LabVIEW	Playlist	YouTube	Beginner “how-to” tasks and tips.
Data Types Overview	Video	YouTube	Quick intro to LabVIEW data types.
Introduction to Arrays	Video	YouTube	Basics of arrays.
Using Shift Registers Between Loop Iterations	Video	YouTube	Maintain state across loop iterations.
Overview of For Loops	Video	YouTube	Loop behavior and usage.
All About Collection Data Types	Video (long-form)	YouTube	Strings, Arrays, Sets, Maps.
Using Event Structures to Capture User Interactions	Video	YouTube	Event-driven UI patterns.
Introduction to Panes for UI Organization	Video	YouTube	Layout techniques for resizable UIs.
Property Nodes for Programmatic UI Changes	Video	YouTube	Change control properties at run time.
Creating Resizable User Interfaces	Video	YouTube	Make UIs adapt to window size.
Creating Custom Controls	Video	YouTube	Build reusable controls.
Creating Professional User Interfaces	Video (session)	YouTube	UI best practices.
How to Use Queues in LabVIEW	Video	YouTube	Queue-based async comms.
How to Use Notifiers in LabVIEW	Video	YouTube	One-to-many messaging.
Launching Clones of a VI	Video	YouTube	Reentrant VIs and clones.
Launching a Dynamically Dispatched VI Programmatically	Video	YouTube	Dynamic dispatch patterns.
LabVIEW Object-Oriented Programming	Product Doc	NI.com	OOP concepts in LabVIEW.
Decisions Behind the Design of OOP in LabVIEW	White Paper	NI.com	Background on OOP design choices.
Simple Design Patterns to Improve Code Quality	Video	YouTube	Practical patterns for cleaner code.
Basic Debugging Tools in LabVIEW	Product Doc	NI.com	Built-in debugging features.
Debugging LabVIEW Programming Patterns & Frameworks	Video (session)	YouTube	Patterns & frameworks.
Large Project Development Techniques	Video	YouTube	Debugging large codebases.
Built-in LabVIEW Debugging Tools	Video	YouTube	Tour of built-ins.
Run-time Code Analysis in LabVIEW	Video	YouTube	Performance debugging.
Ludicrous Ways to Fix Broken LabVIEW Code	Video (talk)	YouTube	Fun, unconventional fixes.
Introduction to the LabVIEW Application Builder	Product Doc	NI.com	Build EXEs and installers.

LabVIEW Software Patterns

Resource	Type	Source	Notes
Design Considerations in LabVIEW	White Paper	NI.com	Concepts for medium-to-complex apps.
Introduction to State Machines	Product Doc	NI.com	Fundamentals & usage.
State Machines Tutorial	Video	YouTube	Practical example.
Introduction to Producer/Consumer	Product Doc	NI.com	Architecture overview.
Queued State Machine Overview	Video	YouTube	QMH concepts.
Introduction to Queued Message Handlers (QMH)	Product Doc	NI.com	Official documentation.
Event Structures in LabVIEW	Product Doc	NI.com	Event-driven programming.

Tooling & Development Processes

Resource	Type	Source	Notes
Getting Started with git	Blog	SAS Workshops	Intro to git for LabVIEW devs.
Git Setup for LabVIEW	Video	YouTube	Tooling walkthrough.
Configuring Diff & Merge in LabVIEW	Blog	SAS Workshops	How to set up diff/merge.
Interactive Git Tutorial	Interactive	Web App	Hands-on git practice.
Introduction to the VI Analyzer	Video	Adobe Connect	Static analysis tool.
Introduction to Dynamic Code Analysis	Video	YouTube	Runtime analysis.
Quick! Drop Your VI Execution Time!	Video	YouTube	Performance tips.
Unit Testing with JKI VI Tester	Video	YouTube	Unit test framework.
Unit Testing with JKI Caraya	Video	YouTube	Lightweight assertions.
SAS G-CLI Tools	Tutorial	GitLab Pages	CI/CD tools for LabVIEW.

Software Design & Best Practices

Resource	Type	Source	Notes
Software Engineering with LabVIEW	Collection	NI.com	Multiple resources on engineering/design.
Error Handling Introduction	Product Doc	NI.com	Error generation/propagation.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting an Error	Video (session)	YouTube	Best practices for errors.

Software Frameworks

Framework	Type	Source	Key Links / Notes
DQMH	Framework	DQMH.org / NI	Homepage  |  Docs  |  Wiki  |  YouTube  |  Community  |  Intro (Video)  |  HAL & DQMH (Blog)  |  Module Templates (Video)  |  Generic Networking (Video)
Actor Framework	Framework	Wiki / NI / NI Community	Resources (Wiki)  |  State of the Art (Video)  |  Community
Workers for LabVIEW	Framework	Workers Community	Homepage  |  Docs  |  Community  |  GitHub  |  VIPM  |  Training Course
Messenger	Framework	YouTube	Introduction to Messenger (Video)

Hardware & Instrumentation Connectivity

Resource	Type	Source	Notes
Taking a Measurement with DAQmx	Video	YouTube	DAQmx basics.
Introduction to LabVIEW for Instrument Control	Video	YouTube	Instrument control overview.
Getting Started with CompactRIO	Video	YouTube	Determinism & real-time.

Community & Best Practices

Resource	Type	Source	Notes
LabVIEW Wiki Style Guide	Guide	Wiki	General style guidance.
DQMH Style Guide	Guide	DQMH.org	DQMH coding standards.
HSE Way of Working	Guide	Blog	Practices & principles.
NI Events	Events	NI.com	Official NI events.
LabVIEW Wiki Events	Events	Wiki	Community-run meetups & talks.

Formal Training

Provider / Course	Type	Source	Notes
NI Learning Center (Core 1 & Core 2)	Courses	NI.com	Beginner/CLAD prep; in-person/remote/self-paced.
Sixclear	Courses	Sixclear.com	Self-paced & instructor-led.
Udemy	Courses	Udemy	Community-created courses.
LinkedIn Learning	Courses	LinkedIn	Video courses.
DSA  |  Thetic  |  Kreiseder IT Services	Courses	Providers	Regional/specialty providers.
DQMH Training Course	Course	DQMH.org	Official DQMH training.
Actor Framework Training Course	Course	NI.com	Official AF training.
Workers for LabVIEW Training Course	Course	Workers Community	Self-paced modules.
Using Git Effectively (SAS Workshops)	Online course	SAS Workshops	Git for LabVIEW devs.
LabVIEW for Test Engineers (Thetic)	Course	Thetic	LabVIEW + TestStand.