Other LabVIEW Training Books

[AlphaTreo]

Here is another thought on self-training versus instructor-led training.  I have taken many (at least 😎 classes from NI, and have usually had to justify taking them to my management.  The two most important advantages of instructor-led training (over self-teaching) are as follows:

• When you are at a dedicated training class, you are dedicated to that training.  There are no interruptions from phone, e-mail, walk-ins, etc.  This is especially true if it is off-site training, but can still be true if there is a dedicated on-site facility where the traing takes place.  If you try to read a book either at work or at home, there is always the chance for interruptions.
• If you have questions or get stumped, the instructor can lead you in the right direction rather than you having to try to find the answer youself.  This can be a tremendous timesaver, especially if you are new to the subject and/or it is difficult material.

I have always found that it is a good strategy to take an off-site class and then come back to work to try to implement the things I have learned.  Of course it also depends on your learning style.  In other words, "your mileage may vary".

[gchristi1]

As a new user, I find the Bloom book on user style to be the most usefull.

I also have to get training approved.

So far, all of my LabVIEW training requests have been approved, but I haven't followed through on submitting the purchase requests.

Once I learned a little LabVIEW, I got so busy, I kept skipping going to the classes.

My 2008 resolution is to go to as many classes as I can.

Now, If I could just set the X axis on that real time graph to work from a queued event based state machine, maybe I wouldn't have to take Basics I.

Ten months and counting working with this language that I'm trying real hard not to hate.

[MSATLAB]

Hello,

     Thank you all for the quick responses.  I will definately look into all of the books that you guys have suggested.  I am not sure if onsite and offsite training would be the right thing for us now because we have very few employees that would need to be trained.   So we are going to try to stick with teaching ourselves for right now and see how the process goes and if we feel like we need more training we will seek it.  Thank you for the help again!

Michael B

[RavensFan]

If you only have a few employees to be trained, then have a training session at your location makes no sense.  But I highly recommend having the people go to a scheduled training course at an NI location.  If your budget allows it, have everyone take at least the Basics 1 and 2 course.  Have 1 person who you might consider your Labview expert to go on and take Intermediate 1 and 2 when they are ready.

Worst case, have the key person go to Basics 1 and 2 and they be the person to help internally train the others.

We basically did that at my company.  I went to Basics 1 and 2 with a coworker.  And I was the key person who moved on to Intermediate 1 and 2.