Best resources for learning Labview?

[walter-donovan]

Title says a lot. I have Labview for Everyone. What else is there? It can be difficult learning from a single book. I'm already getting in trouble with this book because it isolates every example from other parts of the system. Example... arrays are covered if you want to work an entire aray, not if you have to deal with specific cells. The LV for Everyone book describes the components but it can be difficult for a newb to extrapolate how to combine controls, structures, etc in an orderly fashion. I'd love to see something else with a lot of examples. Due to company downsizing, I cant really afford to ask for clasroom time. Possibly "toolbox" CD's where I can study (simple) snippets for real life solutions.

[Cory_K]

I'm not sure if you own a copy of LabVIEW yet.

If you do, there are a ton of examples you could look through.

When you open LabVIEW, on the 'Getting Started' page, in the bottom right corner, click  Find Examples.

From there, the programs are pretty self explanitory.

Try opening up simple programs, and messing with the code to see if you can understand it.

Here are 2 huge hints for trying to understand what is going on:

1)  Press 'Help' >> 'Show context help'

 This will display some helpful information when you hold your mouse over an icon (function).

2)  Just before you run your VI, click on the light bulb on the top toolbar. This is the 'Highlight Execution' tool.
It will help you understand the dataflow of each program.

We try to help out as much as possible in the forums. If you get stuck anywhere down the line, dont hesitate to ask for help. 

Message Edited by Cory K on 12-12-2008 11:55 PM