GOOP - Graphical Object Oriented Programming

GOOP stands for Graphical Object Oriented Programming. It is a category of frameworks for non-native object-oriented programming in LabVIEW that support by reference objects with VI methods for operating on data. Some versions of GOOP support inheritance and dynamic dispatch. GOOP really hit mainstream with the release of the GOOP Toolkit from Endevo and National Instruments. OpenG even has its own version of GOOP, called OpenGOOP.

With LVOOP and queues, it is very easy to create basic GOOP functionality. Examples are included in the example folder installed with LabVIEW.

GOOP is great because it allows you to build components that encapsulate their data, functionality, and behavior. Why ecapsulate?...

Benefits of Encapsulation

Maintainable
Scalable
Useable (and therefore Reusable)
Testable
Enable Multiple Developer Collaboration

External Links

Gang of LabVIEW - GOOP by Reference LabVIEW OOP
App Note 143 – Graphical Object Oriented Programming (Jorgen Jehander)
Graphical Object-Oriented Programming with LabVIEW – NI Week 1999 Presentation by Jörgen Jehander and Stepan Riha
Download GOOP Toolkits from NI
Object-Oriented Techniques in LabVIEW – Pure G examples from LV 4.1
Endevo - the company that supports/develops the GOOP Toolkit
GOOP/G++ - Robert Burke's Web Page
GOOP Course Material - GOOP training material with Exercises and Solutions

GOOP - Graphical Object Oriented Programming

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