Article - Top 5 signs you’ve lost control of your reusable VIs

[Jim_Kring]

[cross-post]

Hi All,

I've written a follow-up article on software reuse that I think will hit close to home for many LabVIEW developers. I know that it certainly describes some of the experiences and frustrations I've felt, over the years, while trying to reuse VIs. As usual, I'm interested in your feedback

• Top 5 signs you’ve lost control of your reusable VIs

Thanks,

-Jim

[muks]

So the single step of using a reusable vi is start using it

[ShotSimon]

Jim,  Don't know why this article got a 1 star rating.  I like the tire pile...we have alot of those in our office space  -SS

[Ray.R]

I didn't see any 1 star rating... 

I wrote a comment on the site that I will share below:

Wow.. I’ve lived all 5 scenarios…  😞

Plus I have the VI Package Manager… I’ve got to find the time and start using it..

The article is quite true..  Shared libraries are not a simple thing..  Thanks for sharing and looking forward to your next article.

I'll have to do some more exploring of the Package Manager once my office renovation is completed (hopefully this fall).

R

[ShotSimon]

JoeLabView,  It was one star on the forums this morning but now it's four  I think we should encourage more professional style articles from free-lancers.

I think the one star rating was a slip of the mouse from someone.

[Ray.R]

Glad the rating went up.  This is a very valuable and precise article.  Glad I'm not the only one who experienced the 5 signs that I've lost control of reusable VI's 😉

[Jim_Kring]

Hi All,

Thanks for the stars.  I'm glad you got something out of the article and I look forward to keeping the dialog going 🙂

Thanks,

-Jim

[Jim_Kring]

Hi All,

I've written a follow-up article to Top 5 signs you’ve lost control of your reusable VIs that describes some good first steps in reusing LabVIEW VIs:

• Planning for software reuse is easy — mining is hard

I'm curious to hear your feedback, as always 🙂

Thanks,

-Jim

[Ray.R]

Good article!

Thanks Jim..