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List of LabVIEW user groups

2026-03-01T19:14:06Z

Leahmedwards: Added 2 more UK LabVIEW user groups (no links yet)

{{see also|User group}}

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Acronym
!Location
|-
|[[Würzburg LabVIEW User Group]]
|WUELUG
|Würzburg, Germany
|-
|[[LabVIEW User Group Francophone]]
|LUGE
|Rhône-Alpes, France
|-
|[[Central South LabVIEW User Group]]
|CSLUG
|Newbury, UK
|-
|Midlands LabVIEW User Group
|MLUG
|Midlands, UK
|-
|South-West LabVIEW User Group
|SoWLUG
|South-West, UK
|}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:User Groups]]

GLA Summit 2022/Streamline your Graphical Diffing with QuickDrop Plugins

2024-07-07T12:53:02Z

Leahmedwards: added presentation slides and sourcecode/vipm link

'''Streamline your Graphical Diffing with QuickDrop Plugins''' by Leah Edwards

''This session introduces a method to simplify graphical diffing in LabVIEW by utilizing QuickDrop shortcuts for accessing Git logs. It aims to enhance workflow efficiency by making it easier to identify changes between two commits with minimal effort.''

<div style="text-align:center;"><youtube width="800" height="600">aJM0muxFL-0</youtube></div>

==Presentation Links==
* [https://youtu.be/aJM0muxFL-0 Presentation on YouTube]
* [https://github.com/alt14/TortoiseGitShowLog Source Code]
* [[media:Streamline your Graphical Diffing with QuickDrop Plugins - Leah Edwards - GLA Summit 2022.pdf|Presentation slides]]

==See Also==
{{ambox|text=Add links to other internal LabVIEW Wiki pages about this topic}}

==External Links==
* [https://www.vipm.io/package/leah_edwards_lib_tortoisegit_show_log___quickdrop_plugin/ 'TortioseGit Show Log' plugin on VIPM.io]

[[Category:GLA Summit 2022]]

File:Streamline your Graphical Diffing with QuickDrop Plugins - Leah Edwards - GLA Summit 2022.pdf

2024-07-07T12:46:08Z

Leahmedwards: Presentation slides for the 2022 GLA Summit 7x7 Talk: Streamline Your Graphical Diffing with QuickDrop Plugins by Leah Edwards Category:GLA Summit 2022

== Summary ==
Presentation slides for the 2022 GLA Summit 7x7 Talk: Streamline Your Graphical Diffing with QuickDrop Plugins by Leah Edwards

[[Category:GLA Summit 2022]]

List of LabVIEW blogs

2024-05-22T19:23:46Z

Leahmedwards: Edited description of Leah's LabVIEW Blog so my full name is in it

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Description !! Start Year !! Status
|-
| [https://thelabviewcorner.com/ The LabVIEW Corner] || Down the rabbit hole of LabVIEW and OOP programming. || 2023 || Active
|-
| [https://novatorsolutions.se/blog/ Novator Solutions' LabVIEW Blog] || A LabVIEW blog for engineers, by engineers. || 2022|| Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/c/TomsLabVIEWAdventure/featured Tom's LabVIEW adventure Videos] || Lots LabVIEW tutorial videos by Tom Mc Quillan's || 2018 || Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/c/RashidMalik-LabVIEW Rashid Malik Videos] || LabVIEW Technical videos step by step|| 2007 || Active
|-
| [https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-Blog/bg-p/4001 NI's Blog] || NI's official blog, updated very frequently with news from NI || 2009 || Active
|-
| [https://www.hampel-soft.com/blog/ Hampel Software Engineering] || Hampel Software Engineering's & Joerg Hampel's Blog || 2016 || Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTibavLOtPU&list=PL4Jk-55f8gKi-i9PLvIIKzpYE3vvVLvVs CodingMastery LabVIEW Tutorial] || LabVIEW & NI tutorial Videos || 2020 || Active
|-
| [https://blog.sasworkshops.com SAS Workshops] || Sam Taggart's Blog on various software engineering topics related to LabVIEW and philosophy of coding. || 2015 || Active
|-
| [https://www.dmcinfo.com/latest-thinking/blog/articletype/categoryview/categoryid/6/labview DMC Blog] || LabVIEW category of DMC's official blog || 2009 || Active
|-
| [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Random-Ramblings-on-LabVIEW/bg-p/4012 Steve Watts Random Ramblings on LabVIEW Design] || Random Ramblings says it all but often good insight into designs and discussions we don't think about but should question why we use them and how || 2012 || Active
|-
| [https://nihistory.com/ Living History of NI] || A Living History of NI by Carsten Thomsen || 2021 || Active
|-
| [https://thelvlab.wixsite.com/thelabviewlab The LabVIEW Lab] || Eric Maussion's blog || 2018 || Active
|-
| [https://www.digiajay.com/category/blog/labview/ Ajay Blog] || Ajayvignesh's LabVIEW blog || 2016 || Active
|-
| [https://www.winemantech.com/blog/topic/labview Wineman Technology Blog] || LabVIEW category of Wineman's official blog || 2015 || Active
|-
| [https://blog.jki.net/topic/labview JKI Blog] || Blog often highlighting JKI's activity including VIPM and other LabVIEW tips || 2009 || Active
|-
| [http://devs.wiresmithtech.com/ Wiresmith] ||This is the developer blog for Wiresmith Technology, a National Instruments Alliance Partner who specialise in completing the toughest projects in LabVIEW. Here you will find the latest and greatest tips & techniques that we have worked on in LabVIEW and associated technologies. || 2014 || Active
|-
| [https://delacor.com/blog/ Delacor Blog] || At Delacor, our focus is helping customers develop successful applications with LabVIEW. We have experience with virtual instrumentation, software engineering, and precision measurements. We either deliver turn-key solutions, or we integrate ourselves with your team and use our extensive experience to mentor them with the goal of getting the team to become self-sufficient. Our software engineers hold the highest levels of certification for LabVIEW. We have been individually recognized by National Instruments as key technology experts who help and inspire others to grow their LabVIEW skills. || 2015 || Active
|-
| [http://hooovahh.blogspot.com/search/label/LabVIEW Hooovahh's Blog] || Brian Hoover's blog focusing on LabVIEW and CAN || 2017 || Active
|-
| [http://www.bloomy.com/support/blog/blog-category/labview Bloomy's Blog] || LabVIEW category of Bloomy's official blog || 2014 || Active
|-
| [http://www.labviewcraftsmen.com/ LabVIEW Craftsmen] || Hi my name is Jon McBee, thanks for reading my blog. I have been using LabVIEW to solve interesting problems since 2004, dating back to LabVIEW 7.1. Like most people in the LabVIEW community I started my professional life outside the bounds of computer science and happened into learning LabVIEW out of coincidence. Needless to say, I loved how LabVIEW empowered me to solve problems with software and have never looked back. This blog is dedicated to a few ideas that I have grown to hold to dear; Software Craftsmanship, Agile Software Development, and bringing ideas from the Computer Science world into the LabVIEW ecosystem. I find that keeping these ideas in mind helps me to write simple software that can solve complex problems, and that's powerful. I have listed a few resources on the Resources page that align with these principles. || 2015 || Active
|-
| [https://mgi.gitlab.io/articles/ MGI Blog] || Moore Good Ideas blog || 2008 || Active
|-
| [http://blog.eyesonvis.com/ Eyes on VIs] || Christina Rogers blog often focusing on LabVIEW's visual design UI's and UX's || 2010 || Active
|-
| [http://qcontrolsqsi.blogspot.com/ QControls] || Blog series on QControls, an open alternative to XControls || 2017 || Active
|-
| [http://www.walkingthewires.com/ Walking The Wires] || Chris Roebuck's Blog || 2014 || Active
|-
| [https://boringengineer.com/category/ni-labview/ Boring Engineer] || Navin Subramani's Blog, Boring Engineer || 2018 || Active
|-
| [https://felipekb.wordpress.com/ Felipe's Thoughts] || A simple blog from a LabVIEW developer for sharing code and insights || 2020 || Active
|-
| [https://devs.wiresmithtech.com/ Wiresmith Technology Developers] || This LabVIEW blog provides advice on development best practices and tips from the experts at Wiresmith Technology. || 2014 || Active
|-
| [https://kosist.org/ Kosist blog] || Yet another (LabVIEW) blog. || 2017 || Active
|-
| [https://leahmedwards.blogspot.com/ Leah's LabVIEW Blog] || LabVIEW Blog by Leah Edwards. || 2020 || Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/c/RashidMalik-LabVIEW/videos Programming LabVIEW] || Programming LabVIEW by Rashid Malik || 2021 || Active
|-
| [http://blog.sixclear.com VI High] || VI High is the LabVIEW Programming Video Blog presented by Sixclear. Most episodes are composed of common LabVIEW questions and techniques geared to beginner and intermediate developers. || 2010 || Inactive
|-
| [http://savvytestengineer.blogspot.com/ The Savvy Test Engineer] || Greg Dudgeon - This blog covers test engineering topics that interest me. About 25% of the time I discuss LabVIEW in one form or another. || 2007 || Inactive
|-
| [http://labviewartisan.blogspot.com/ LabVIEW Artisan] || Darren Nattinger's LabVIEW blog often highlighting lesser known features of LabVIEW || 2008 || Inactive
|-
| [http://culverson.com/category/lab-view/ Culverson Software's Blog] || LabVIEW category of Steve Bird's Blog || 2009 || Inactive
|-
| [http://themacview.blogspot.com The Mac View] || Marc - Virtual Instrumentation from a Mac perspective || 2005 || Inactive
|-
| [http://vishots.com/labview VI Shots] || Michael Aivaliotis continues to build automated test systems for various industries since 1993. VI Shots brings you the latest news from the world of test, measurement and automation. You will find reviews, videos and insights not found anywhere else. || 2007 || Inactive
|-
| [http://mylabviewtshare.wordpress.com/ VIve LabVIEW] || Ezequiel Gonzalez - Newbie LabVIEW notes in Spanish. || 2009 || Inactive
|-
| [http://lvtechspeak.blogspot.com Technically Speaking] || This blog is shared among several technical writers/managers in the LabVIEW group. We post our views and insight on processes, new technologies that we think are cool, and other things we decide to write about. || 2005 || Inactive
|-
| [http://openmeas.blogspot.com/ Open Measurements] || Brian Powell - I'm a software architect on the LabVIEW R&D team at National Instruments. || 2006 || inactive
|-
| [http://emertech.blogspot.com Emerging Technologies for Virtual Instrumentation] || Hall T. Martin - I investigate emerging technologies and apply them to the world of virtual instrumentation. || 2004 || Inactive
|-
| [http://ideasinwiring.blogspot.com Ideas in Wiring] || Joel Sumner - This is my storehouse of information that might be useful to the LabVIEW community. It's the stuff that falls somewhere between "documentation" and "hallway conversation" that you might find useful, entertaining, or just a way to kill some time. As with any personal Blog, I don't speak for NI, that would be way more pressure than I want to deal with. I like hearing from you. || 2005 || Inactive
|-
| [http://synergyenergy.blogspot.com/ Synergy Energy] || Pavan Bathla - For integrated design, simulation, test & measurement. Experiences of an Aerospace and Defense industry engineer. My main focus is test automation & simulation, using technologies such as LabVIEW, RTOS, FPGA, ADCs... Multi-disciplinary engineering topics, philosophy & economics always catch my attention. || 2006 || Inactive
|-
| [http://detritus.blogs.com/lycangeek/ Lycangeek] || And now a word from Brian Tyler || 2006 || Inactive
|}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Blogs]]
[[Category:LabVIEW ecosystem]]

List of LabVIEW blogs

2024-05-22T19:21:30Z

Leahmedwards: Corrected start date for Leah's LabVIEW Blog.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name !! Description !! Start Year !! Status
|-
| [https://thelabviewcorner.com/ The LabVIEW Corner] || Down the rabbit hole of LabVIEW and OOP programming. || 2023 || Active
|-
| [https://novatorsolutions.se/blog/ Novator Solutions' LabVIEW Blog] || A LabVIEW blog for engineers, by engineers. || 2022|| Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/c/TomsLabVIEWAdventure/featured Tom's LabVIEW adventure Videos] || Lots LabVIEW tutorial videos by Tom Mc Quillan's || 2018 || Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/c/RashidMalik-LabVIEW Rashid Malik Videos] || LabVIEW Technical videos step by step|| 2007 || Active
|-
| [https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-Blog/bg-p/4001 NI's Blog] || NI's official blog, updated very frequently with news from NI || 2009 || Active
|-
| [https://www.hampel-soft.com/blog/ Hampel Software Engineering] || Hampel Software Engineering's & Joerg Hampel's Blog || 2016 || Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTibavLOtPU&list=PL4Jk-55f8gKi-i9PLvIIKzpYE3vvVLvVs CodingMastery LabVIEW Tutorial] || LabVIEW & NI tutorial Videos || 2020 || Active
|-
| [https://blog.sasworkshops.com SAS Workshops] || Sam Taggart's Blog on various software engineering topics related to LabVIEW and philosophy of coding. || 2015 || Active
|-
| [https://www.dmcinfo.com/latest-thinking/blog/articletype/categoryview/categoryid/6/labview DMC Blog] || LabVIEW category of DMC's official blog || 2009 || Active
|-
| [https://forums.ni.com/t5/Random-Ramblings-on-LabVIEW/bg-p/4012 Steve Watts Random Ramblings on LabVIEW Design] || Random Ramblings says it all but often good insight into designs and discussions we don't think about but should question why we use them and how || 2012 || Active
|-
| [https://nihistory.com/ Living History of NI] || A Living History of NI by Carsten Thomsen || 2021 || Active
|-
| [https://thelvlab.wixsite.com/thelabviewlab The LabVIEW Lab] || Eric Maussion's blog || 2018 || Active
|-
| [https://www.digiajay.com/category/blog/labview/ Ajay Blog] || Ajayvignesh's LabVIEW blog || 2016 || Active
|-
| [https://www.winemantech.com/blog/topic/labview Wineman Technology Blog] || LabVIEW category of Wineman's official blog || 2015 || Active
|-
| [https://blog.jki.net/topic/labview JKI Blog] || Blog often highlighting JKI's activity including VIPM and other LabVIEW tips || 2009 || Active
|-
| [http://devs.wiresmithtech.com/ Wiresmith] ||This is the developer blog for Wiresmith Technology, a National Instruments Alliance Partner who specialise in completing the toughest projects in LabVIEW. Here you will find the latest and greatest tips & techniques that we have worked on in LabVIEW and associated technologies. || 2014 || Active
|-
| [https://delacor.com/blog/ Delacor Blog] || At Delacor, our focus is helping customers develop successful applications with LabVIEW. We have experience with virtual instrumentation, software engineering, and precision measurements. We either deliver turn-key solutions, or we integrate ourselves with your team and use our extensive experience to mentor them with the goal of getting the team to become self-sufficient. Our software engineers hold the highest levels of certification for LabVIEW. We have been individually recognized by National Instruments as key technology experts who help and inspire others to grow their LabVIEW skills. || 2015 || Active
|-
| [http://hooovahh.blogspot.com/search/label/LabVIEW Hooovahh's Blog] || Brian Hoover's blog focusing on LabVIEW and CAN || 2017 || Active
|-
| [http://www.bloomy.com/support/blog/blog-category/labview Bloomy's Blog] || LabVIEW category of Bloomy's official blog || 2014 || Active
|-
| [http://www.labviewcraftsmen.com/ LabVIEW Craftsmen] || Hi my name is Jon McBee, thanks for reading my blog. I have been using LabVIEW to solve interesting problems since 2004, dating back to LabVIEW 7.1. Like most people in the LabVIEW community I started my professional life outside the bounds of computer science and happened into learning LabVIEW out of coincidence. Needless to say, I loved how LabVIEW empowered me to solve problems with software and have never looked back. This blog is dedicated to a few ideas that I have grown to hold to dear; Software Craftsmanship, Agile Software Development, and bringing ideas from the Computer Science world into the LabVIEW ecosystem. I find that keeping these ideas in mind helps me to write simple software that can solve complex problems, and that's powerful. I have listed a few resources on the Resources page that align with these principles. || 2015 || Active
|-
| [https://mgi.gitlab.io/articles/ MGI Blog] || Moore Good Ideas blog || 2008 || Active
|-
| [http://blog.eyesonvis.com/ Eyes on VIs] || Christina Rogers blog often focusing on LabVIEW's visual design UI's and UX's || 2010 || Active
|-
| [http://qcontrolsqsi.blogspot.com/ QControls] || Blog series on QControls, an open alternative to XControls || 2017 || Active
|-
| [http://www.walkingthewires.com/ Walking The Wires] || Chris Roebuck's Blog || 2014 || Active
|-
| [https://boringengineer.com/category/ni-labview/ Boring Engineer] || Navin Subramani's Blog, Boring Engineer || 2018 || Active
|-
| [https://felipekb.wordpress.com/ Felipe's Thoughts] || A simple blog from a LabVIEW developer for sharing code and insights || 2020 || Active
|-
| [https://devs.wiresmithtech.com/ Wiresmith Technology Developers] || This LabVIEW blog provides advice on development best practices and tips from the experts at Wiresmith Technology. || 2014 || Active
|-
| [https://kosist.org/ Kosist blog] || Yet another (LabVIEW) blog. || 2017 || Active
|-
| [https://leahmedwards.blogspot.com/ Leah's LabVIEW Blog] || Leah's LabVIEW Blog. || 2020 || Active
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/c/RashidMalik-LabVIEW/videos Programming LabVIEW] || Programming LabVIEW by Rashid Malik || 2021 || Active
|-
| [http://blog.sixclear.com VI High] || VI High is the LabVIEW Programming Video Blog presented by Sixclear. Most episodes are composed of common LabVIEW questions and techniques geared to beginner and intermediate developers. || 2010 || Inactive
|-
| [http://savvytestengineer.blogspot.com/ The Savvy Test Engineer] || Greg Dudgeon - This blog covers test engineering topics that interest me. About 25% of the time I discuss LabVIEW in one form or another. || 2007 || Inactive
|-
| [http://labviewartisan.blogspot.com/ LabVIEW Artisan] || Darren Nattinger's LabVIEW blog often highlighting lesser known features of LabVIEW || 2008 || Inactive
|-
| [http://culverson.com/category/lab-view/ Culverson Software's Blog] || LabVIEW category of Steve Bird's Blog || 2009 || Inactive
|-
| [http://themacview.blogspot.com The Mac View] || Marc - Virtual Instrumentation from a Mac perspective || 2005 || Inactive
|-
| [http://vishots.com/labview VI Shots] || Michael Aivaliotis continues to build automated test systems for various industries since 1993. VI Shots brings you the latest news from the world of test, measurement and automation. You will find reviews, videos and insights not found anywhere else. || 2007 || Inactive
|-
| [http://mylabviewtshare.wordpress.com/ VIve LabVIEW] || Ezequiel Gonzalez - Newbie LabVIEW notes in Spanish. || 2009 || Inactive
|-
| [http://lvtechspeak.blogspot.com Technically Speaking] || This blog is shared among several technical writers/managers in the LabVIEW group. We post our views and insight on processes, new technologies that we think are cool, and other things we decide to write about. || 2005 || Inactive
|-
| [http://openmeas.blogspot.com/ Open Measurements] || Brian Powell - I'm a software architect on the LabVIEW R&D team at National Instruments. || 2006 || inactive
|-
| [http://emertech.blogspot.com Emerging Technologies for Virtual Instrumentation] || Hall T. Martin - I investigate emerging technologies and apply them to the world of virtual instrumentation. || 2004 || Inactive
|-
| [http://ideasinwiring.blogspot.com Ideas in Wiring] || Joel Sumner - This is my storehouse of information that might be useful to the LabVIEW community. It's the stuff that falls somewhere between "documentation" and "hallway conversation" that you might find useful, entertaining, or just a way to kill some time. As with any personal Blog, I don't speak for NI, that would be way more pressure than I want to deal with. I like hearing from you. || 2005 || Inactive
|-
| [http://synergyenergy.blogspot.com/ Synergy Energy] || Pavan Bathla - For integrated design, simulation, test & measurement. Experiences of an Aerospace and Defense industry engineer. My main focus is test automation & simulation, using technologies such as LabVIEW, RTOS, FPGA, ADCs... Multi-disciplinary engineering topics, philosophy & economics always catch my attention. || 2006 || Inactive
|-
| [http://detritus.blogs.com/lycangeek/ Lycangeek] || And now a word from Brian Tyler || 2006 || Inactive
|}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Blogs]]
[[Category:LabVIEW ecosystem]]

Data flow

2022-10-02T19:13:16Z

Leahmedwards: Fixed broken link to Wikipedia article on Dataflow programming

[[Wikipedia:Dataflow programming|Dataflow programming]] is a [[Wikipedia:Programming paradigm|programming paradigm]] where the execution of functions is determined by their data dependencies. This is fundamentally different from traditional programming paradigms that execute functions in sequence as they appear in the source code.

== LabVIEW dataflow model ==

LabVIEW uses the graphical programming language [[G|G Dataflow]], which utilizes wires to represent data dependencies between functions (''nodes'' in LabVIEW terminology).

A node without input wires can execute immediately, while a node with input wires must wait until the previous node has finished execution.

{|
| [[File:Dataflow - Node without input wires.gif|thumb|left|A node without input wires executes immediately.]]
| [[File:Dataflow - Node with input wires.gif|thumb|left|A node with input wires waits for the previous node to finish execution.]]
|}

It is also possible to execute multiple nodes in parallel, as long as they have no data dependencies between each other. However, the total number of nodes that can execute in parallel is limited by the [[LabVIEW Execution System|execution system]].

{|
| [[File:Dataflow - Nodes execute in parallel.gif|frame|Nodes without data dependencies execute in parallel. (Note: [[#Visualizing dataflow in LabVIEW|Execution highlighting]] forces the code to run in a single thread which is why they appear to execute sequentially).]]
|}

== Visualizing dataflow in LabVIEW ==

The [[Debugging|debugging]] option "''Execution Highlighting''" [[File:Execution Highlighting On.png|border|Execution Highlighting enabled|link=Debugging]] will visualize the flow of data while executing a [[VI]] in LabVIEW.

This, however, forces the code to run in a single thread, which causes nodes to execute sequentially<ref>[https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Execution-Order/m-p/2655447/highlight/true#M791922 Execution Order] (National Instruments Forums)</ref>.

== See also ==

* [[G|G Dataflow]]
* [[Debugging]]
* [[LabVIEW Execution System]]

== External links ==

* [[Wikipedia:Dataflow programming]] (Wikipedia)
* [http://www.ni.com/getting-started/labview-basics/dataflow Dataflow Programming Basics] (National Instruments)

== References ==
<references />

[[Category:LabVIEW fundamentals]]
[[Category:Programming Paradigm]]