Opinions Please - Non Test & Measurement LabVIEW applications

[Rhys_SSD]

Hi Guy's,

Just wanted your opinions and experiences really. 

We know that LabVIEW is targeted towards the Test & Measurement applications used in industry but what about using LabVIEW to develop software applications that are not targeted towards Test & Measurement?

Point of Sale software (EPOS), SQL Database front end software for business management, CRM software etc.

Is there any reason we can't use LabVIEW for these types of applications? Are other IDE's better suited towards these types of applications for any reason? Really, at the end of the day, LabVIEW or G is just another language to create software applications, but generally, you don't se it be used to develop these types of software packages.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks

[Blokk]

LabVIEW is not a general purpose language. But still, i could imagine using it for non measurement/test applications. For example, i created a front end for GLE (Graphics Layout Engine) using LabVIEW, to make prototyping graphs for scientific publications faster. 

Another thing is that, use wording more careful. IDE != computer language...

[mcduff]

I believe VIPM is made with LabVIEW. I would consider that a novel application.

mcduff

[crossrulz]

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@Blokk wrote:

LabVIEW is not a general purpose language.

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Tell that to Altenbach.  He uses LabVIEW for math.  Lots and lots of weird math.  No hardware interface.

From what I have seen with plans for NXG, I think there will be some push towards more general applications such as web pages.  There are already plenty of interfaces for databases in LabVIEW, some using .NET or ActiveX.

But, let's face it, NI created LabVIEW to sell more hardware.  It will always keep its focus on test, measurement, and industrial control and monitoring.  But people expect more from their test systems.  NI will have to keep LabVIEW ahead of that.

[Mark_Yedinak]

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@Blokk wrote:

LabVIEW is not a general purpose language.

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Wow, then I must be doing something wrong because I have been using LabVIEW for 20+ years and almost never use any hardware. Why would you make the claim that it is not a general purpose language? What is missing?

[Blokk]

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@Mark_Yedinak wrote:

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@Blokk wrote:

LabVIEW is not a general purpose language.

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Wow, then I must be doing something wrong because I have been using LabVIEW for 20+ years and almost never use any hardware. Why would you make the claim that it is not a general purpose language? What is missing?

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I make the claim based on popularity. So i guess I wrote my sentence not careful enough? I could also write "LabVIEW can be used for anything, but there are much more popular general purpose languages, like Python or C#...etc"