Question about books

[W@R]

Hello this is not actually a question about any code .... Am in the process of trying to move to the next level on my labview skills and I need text books (because they are cheaper than courses ^_^) to give me a hand in understanding a little better Labview.....so any of you experts have any suggestions on what to buy??

 Regards

W@R

Spanish version of the message 

Hola no estoy escribiendo para preguntar nada acerca de un codigo que no puedo manejar....... estoy intentando mejorar mis habilidades en el uso de labview y deseo adquirir algunos libros de texto para que me ayuden a cumplir mi objetivo...... entonces alguno de ustedes (que ya son expertos) tiene una recomendacion en cuando a caul libro comprar??

Gracias 

W@R

[F._Schubert]

The ones most recommended in the forum (my impression) are:

LabVIEW for Everyone

And for the more advanced

The LabVIEW Style Book

I have both, and would say they are worth the money. But certainly your knownledge of LabVIEW will make one of these your favorite (for Everyone came to late in my career, but newcomers won't get the ideas of the Style Book).

Over all, there is only a limited choice of books on LabVIEW. There was a funny statistc that placed LV among the most exotic insignificant languages by using the number of books available... 😉

Felix

[W@R]

jeje that's funny taking in consideration that LV's graphical language is actually really easy to grasp.... easier than coding in written language ...at least for me ...oh yeah maybe I should have mention that Am still a basic level programmer  I've only read the 2 basic manuals included in the Labview 8.5.1 professional version ....I founded a site that listed like 20 book titles for LV programmers and I think those 2 are in there..... oh and also am looking to get instructed in internet applications for LV and remote controlling ...... if you have any other suggestions I really appreciate them

regards 

W@R

[Coq_Rouge]

Have you tested http://books.google.com/ Do a search for Labview. I am sure you can look through most of the newest Labview books

[W@R]

One more thing I forgot to ask .... I've notice that some of the books that I have find are talking about older versions of LV than the one I have ..... the explanations still work or not?... It's like one of the books is referring to things in LV 5.0 and I have LV 8.5.... is the context of the explanation still useful for me or not??? oh yeah... since I work in a research facility they want to have the actual books on their shelves (you know to have somenone else read them when am long gone from the place) so I kind of need to buy them 😃

[Coq_Rouge]

The best thing would be to select a book that are from before they introduced the Express VI concept. Or a book the ignore that concept

Well to be honest the basic Labview is still much the same as then I started with Labview 3.1.

Message Edited by Coq rouge on 06-17-2009 06:17 PM

[Cory_K]

You know a really good way to learn: the LabVIEW forums.

I learned everything I know from these forums.

Just start with something simple, and if you get stuck, ask the people here.

They will respond very promptly with excellent feedback.

Also, just to see all different applications, you can read other people's threads and see if you can figure out problems with their code. And before you know it, you'll have 10,000 posts and be a Knight of NI

Message Edited by Cory K on 06-17-2009 01:10 PM

[W@R]

jejeje.... yeah I know I was able to solve a problem with a video player subvi trough the guide lines I got from this very forum so it makes snce to keep coming back here for advice ...... ok that means that getting those books will still help me (am not really a fancy programer if it works its got enough for me )... so ok I'll get a couple of books just to have somthing I can get my hands on once in a while.

Thank you very much guys you been a great help .... I'll keep in touch

W@R