Random Observations from a gumshoe learning Labview

[XCoop]

While reading some of the posts in this section, namely the humorous ones, I am reminded of the hours I have spent writing and debugging code. Things that make me smile:

- Without a doubt, every time I insert a “divide” or “subtract” function to an existing wire it ALWAYS wires to the wrong terminal

- Writing a subVI only to find out hours later that one is already written and is located in the toolbox

- Writing a program in labview that replaces an existing piece of hardware/software at a fraction of the cost.

- Resurrecting a Pentium I laptop to monitor temperature of a home beer brewing process.

Well I hope some of the regulars here have some humorous observations during their days of learning labview they are willing to divulge.

[altenbach]

Yes, I'll have to dig out some of my 'doh! moments... There are plenty.

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@XCoop wrote:
- Without a doubt, every time I insert a “divide” or “subtract” function to an existing wire it ALWAYS wires to the wrong terminal

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This one is actually no longer a problem after some experience because it is predictable. The result depends directly if you click slightly above or below the wire. Try it! Even if you get the wrong terminal, ignore it and simply hook the other input to the other wrong terminal, then ctrl-leftclick on one of them. They'll magically swap! 🙂

[tst]

Having your first response to a problem "This must be a bug in LV" and then finding your own bug after an hour of debugging (you wired something into the wrong place).

Providing a complex answer when there's a much simpler one you simply failed to think about (example).

The classic - doing many changes and then having one of them crash LV "just before you save".