Needed: Book(s) recommendations for beginner, needing to come up to speed for complexity quickly

[cayenne]

Hello all,

I've been kind of thrown into the need to learn LV quickly. I've gone through the LV 101 videos, and got a decent start....but need to learn more in-depth quickly. I'm looking maybe for a book on amazon, that will get me as a noob started quickly...but also, something needed beyond just the basics of trying to explain the concept of the front panel and block diagram screens....

I'm needing to get into learning how to wire up things like even structures...being able to allow the user to right click an object on the screen, present a drop down menu, and change the object based on their selection. I've posted here before looking how to do multi-colored indicators..and starting to get a grip on some of that, but still not yet...

I'm looking at an example of an older version of the app I'm trying to create and improve on...and see how they were changing  a boolean indicator (they used a round one, but was flat unlike the LED shaped ones)..but they were able to change the colors of the text and control with three different background and text combinations both when it was clicked, and programatically when a trigger was pressed...etc.

I'm seeing a structure they used called a "property node" and using colors under that to change it, it appears....I need to learn to understand that....but the application I have is a bit complex for me to track and figure out everything as it flows....

I thought I'd seen a recommendation for a book on this forum called: Labview for Everyone...but that is dated 2006...would this be too old since I'm working with LabView 2011?

Anyway, I'm looking through all the stuff in the NI site's Knowledgebase....but think getting a quality book that is a bit structured taking me from basics to more complex things would be the best way for me to learn and organize my thoughts.

I've programmed (awhile back) with Delphi for Object Pascal...and some java with Eclipse. But with Delphi, I have worked with an IDE...putting object on a screen, and then setting and programming properties...but LV is a bit different, and I'm just not familiar with all the objects available to me..and the graphical programming rather than writing code in there to handle things..is a bit new to me.

Anyway, hoping ya'll can give me some good book recommendations...and any links to web info greatly appreciated too.

Thank you in advance!!

cayenne 

[Norbert_B]

cayenne,

without giving any special suggestion, i want to point out:

Even "out dated" books can give you valuable information since the programming paradigm of LabVIEW (dataflow) is still valid.

Ok, we have to admit that information on certain elements as well as esp. performance might not be true because of the changes LV had undergone over the years (e.g. compiler changes in LV 2009/2010).

Adding to this, i urge you not only to look for technical expertise but also on "how do i approach a development task". I find this link a helpful source for this.

hope this helps,

Norbert

[cayenne]

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@Norbert_B wrote:

cayenne,

without giving any special suggestion, i want to point out:

Even "out dated" books can give you valuable information since the programming paradigm of LabVIEW (dataflow) is still valid.

Ok, we have to admit that information on certain elements as well as esp. performance might not be true because of the changes LV had undergone over the years (e.g. compiler changes in LV 2009/2010).

Adding to this, i urge you not only to look for technical expertise but also on "how do i approach a development task". I find this link a helpful source for this.

hope this helps,

Norbert

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Thank you for the reply. I'm looking at the link and it looks informative.

I went ahead and bought the book LabView for everyone. One thing however, I read in one review, that the book is light on the topic of event driven vi''s......which is something I'm definitiely needing information on....simple examples would be even better.

Any links or book recommendations on this particular topic?

Thank you,

C

[Ben]

I have a copy of that book and I still concider it the best resource.

Add to that book reading all of the release notes and upgrade notes is the next step.

re:Events

WE have beat that subject to death here on the forums.

Start a thread on what aspect of the events you are confused about and we can either find you a link, or offer a suggestion.

But start with the book. events are included.

Ben

[Ben]

You could also start a thread explaining what your first project will be and we may be able to offer focused insight on what you will need to be successful.

Ben