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Getting Started Portal
This Getting Started page is intended to be a starting point and resource to help navigate all LabVIEW content on this Wiki and elsewhere. It came into existence after a group of LabVIEW Community members decided that a central beginning point was needed to point new G programmers to.

Subcategories	Topics in Getting Started
Select [►] to view subcategories Skill Level Advanced Beginner Intermediate	Fundamentals This section covers topics and supplemental information for the LabVIEW Core 1 training course. These topics are aimed at new users. Environment LabVIEW (FAQ) Virtual Instrument (VI) Front Panel Block Diagram Connector Pane VI Icon Data Flow Data Types Boolean data type Integer data type String data type Structures While Loop For Loop Case Structure Tools Debugging Design patterns State Machine Intermediate Topics This section covers topics and supplemental information for the LabVIEW Core 2+3 training course. These topics are aimed at users who are familiar with LabVIEW fundamentals. Queued Message Handler Object-oriented programming VI Server Hardware Basics Error Handling Advanced Topics This section covers topics for expert LabVIEW users with experience in programming medium to large-scale applications in LabVIEW. VI Scripting Actor Framework XControl	Software Engineering Source Code Control Unit Testing VI Analyzer (Static Code Analysis) SOLID Principals Additional Learning Resources LabVIEW Style Guide Text-Based terminology to G terminology Online Training LabVIEW Tutorials Online Community LabVIEW Blogs LabVIEW books Online Videos Contributing Online Events (Connecting With Other Developers) User Groups NIWeek GDevCon CLA Summits Finding Professional Help

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 == Fundamentals ==
+This section covers topics and supplemental information for the LabVIEW Core 1 training course. These topics are aimed at new users.
-[[LabVIEW|General information about LabVIEW]]
+=== Environment ===
+* [[LabVIEW]] ([[LabVIEW FAQ|FAQ]])
+* [[Virtual Instrument|Virtual Instrument (VI)]]
+** [[Front Panel]]
+** [[Block Diagram]]
+** [[Connector Pane]]
+** [[VI Icon]]
+*[[data flow|Data Flow]]
+=== Data Types ===
+* [[Boolean data type]]
+* [[Integer data type]]
+* [[String data type]]
+=== Structures ===
+* [[Functions Palette/Programming/Structures/While Loop|While Loop]]
+* [[Functions Palette/Programming/Structures/For Loop|For Loop]]
+* [[Functions Palette/Programming/Structures/Case Structure|Case Structure]]
+=== Tools===
+* [[Debugging]]
+=== Design patterns ===
+* [[State Machine]]
+== Intermediate Topics ==
+This section covers topics and supplemental information for the LabVIEW Core 2+3 training course. These topics are aimed at users who are familiar with LabVIEW fundamentals.
-[[LabVIEW FAQ|FAQ]]
+* [[Queued Message Handler]]
+* [[Object-oriented programming]]
+* [[VI Server]]
+* [[Hardware Basics]]
+* [[Error_handling|Error Handling]]
+== Advanced Topics ==
+This section covers topics for expert LabVIEW users with experience in programming medium to large-scale applications in LabVIEW.
+* [[VI Scripting]]
+* [[Actor Framework]]
+* [[XControl]]
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+== Software Engineering ==
+* [[Source_code_control|Source Code Control]]
+* [[Unit_testing|Unit Testing]]
+* [[VI Analyzer|VI Analyzer (Static Code Analysis)]]
+* [[SOLID Principals]]
+== Additional Learning Resources ==
+*[[LabVIEW_style_guide|LabVIEW Style Guide]]
+*[[Text-Based terminology|Text-Based terminology to G terminology]]
 *[[Training|Online Training]]
 **[[LabVIEW tutorial|LabVIEW Tutorials]]
-**[[Certifications]]
-*[[Text-Based terminology|Text-Based terminology to G terminology]]
-*[[LabVIEW_style_guide|LabVIEW Style Guide]]
-*[[data flow|Data Flow]]
-*[[Development Environment]]
-*[[Programming Elements]]
-*[[:Category:Design patterns|Design Patterns]]
 *[[Community|Online Community]]
 **[[LabVIEW_blogs|LabVIEW Blogs]]
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 ****[[CLA Summit|CLA Summits]]
 **[[Finding_professional_help|Finding Professional Help]]
-== Intermediate Topics ==
-*[[Hardware Basics]]
-*[[Error_handling|Error Handling]]
-*[[VI Analyzer]]
-*[[Source_code_control|Source Code Control]]
-== Advanced Topics ==
-*[[Unit_testing|Unit Testing]]
-*[[Object_oriented_software|Object Oriented Software]]
-*[[Application design and architecture|Frameworks and Architectures]]
-*[[Abstraction|Abstraction]]
-*[[SOLID Principals]]
-*[[Virtual_machines|Virtual Machines]]
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