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LabVIEW Course Pre-requisite Classes

My company is planning on purchasing LabVIEW, the spring of 2001. They intend
on sending me to the LabVIEW, Basics I & II courses at that time also. I
haven't had any programming experience to speak of and was wondering if it
would be helpful in the Basics courses to have taken a programming class
this fall at one of the local colleges before I attend the LabVIEW courses
in the spring. If so, can anyone recommend what type of programming class
(Visual Basic, �C� Programming, etc.) that would be the most helpful with
LabVIEW training?
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Audie Breeden wrote:

> My company is planning on purchasing LabVIEW, the spring of 2001. They intend
> on sending me to the LabVIEW, Basics I & II courses at that time also. I
> haven't had any programming experience to speak of and was wondering if it
> would be helpful in the Basics courses to have taken a programming class
> this fall at one of the local colleges before I attend the LabVIEW courses
> in the spring. If so, can anyone recommend what type of programming class
> (Visual Basic, ?C? Programming, etc.) that would be the most helpful with
> LabVIEW training?

Audie,

I have used Labview for many years and it is pretty simple to learn the basics.
The classes are very good and start out with how to use the tool and then
go on to teach the programming
aspects.

I have noticed that some people that have programming experience seem to
have more trouble than a novice due to the fact that they try to relate the
other language to LabVIEW. This can cause problems because there is a
great difference in the way it operates as compared to a text based language.

All that said, If I were to learn another language it might be Visual Basic.
This is a pretty handy tool and can be used in other places. It will also give
you a feel for the constucts that exist in almost any language. (Loops, arrays,
etc)

Just my opinion.
Kevin Kent
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Hi,

I also experienced the same as Kevin B. Kent. Most people who have had a
programming training (pascal, basic, C, etc.) will first experience some
problems with LabView. However, you it's a good idea to know about
while-loops, for-next, if-then(-else) and arrays. As this is basic to 'all'
programming languages you should know about it.

What I want to say is: Try to get some experience in the theory of
programming, not with a programming language itself.

That's my opinion.

Boozz


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>
> My company is planning on purchasing LabVIEW, the spring of 2001. They
intend
> on sending me to the LabVIEW, Basics I & II courses at that time also. I
> haven't had any programming experie
nce to speak of and was wondering if it
> would be helpful in the Basics courses to have taken a programming class
> this fall at one of the local colleges before I attend the LabVIEW courses
> in the spring. If so, can anyone recommend what type of programming class
> (Visual Basic, "C" Programming, etc.) that would be the most helpful with
> LabVIEW training?
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I started learning BridgeVIEW and later LabVIEW about a year ago. One of the
few things I found helpful is to do math operations, such as additions, multiplications,
division, etc first.

Once you've grasped that basic stuff, try learning about displaying messages
like "Hello World", which I see almost very common in many introductory books.

I started programming with Basic about 10 years ago and took some C++ and
FORTRAN classes at school but I didn't quite enjoy C++. My point in this
is that you may take some programming classes that you might end up not liking
and thus might ruin you programming experience.

I also feel that it is useful (or cheaper) to at least get a LabVIEW book.
It might be easier to learn something if you looked at examples and tried
th
em out. I got "LabVIEW for Everyone" by Lisa Wells and Jeff Travis. It's
written for LabVIEW 4.0 but it helped me understand certain basic concepts
in LabVIEW.

Also, you can check the NI seminar page to see if they offer any free introductory
courses for LabVIEW. They offer basic overview, which is good so you know
what to expect.

I hope that helps.


"Audie Breeden" wrote:
>>My company is planning on purchasing LabVIEW, the spring of 2001. They
intend>on sending me to the LabVIEW, Basics I & II courses at that time also.
I>haven't had any programming experience to speak of and was wondering if
it>would be helpful in the Basics courses to have taken a programming class>this
fall at one of the local colleges before I attend the LabVIEW courses>in
the spring. If so, can anyone recommend what type of programming class>(Visual
Basic, �C� Programming, etc.) that would be the most helpful with>LabVIEW
training?
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