Tip Jar - March 3, 2008 - Confessions of a LabVIEW Expert
In this inaugural Tip Jar posting, I thought it would be fitting to start with a confession: "My name is Ben Zimmer, and I’m an Example Finder user."
Sometimes, even experts can benefit from having a pre-fabricated starting point. Perhaps this is not such a dirty little secret, but quite often, when I start writing a Data Acquisition VI, I’ll go straight to the Example Finder for a quick fix of ready-made code. When I’m desperate for some quasi-3D animation in an XY graph, I do a keyword search for Lissajous. Sometimes, when I really want to test a potential employee or a really bright student, I give them the Herculean task of explaining the “XY Chart” Example.
LabVIEW ships with many great examples, a huge number of mediocre (but still useful) examples, and a few real clunkers. You can find them quickly and easily using the Example Finder. Access the Example finder from either the Getting Started Page, or from the Help Menu.
Please watch the video below for a quick tour and some discussion of how to get the most of the Example Finder in your applications.
As always, please feel free to add your comments below, including your favorite examples.
Ben Zimmer
-- LabVIEW Mastery Team
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