LabVIEW for Everyone: Graphical Programming Made Easy and Fun (3rd Edition) (National Instruments Virtual Instrumentation Series)

Travis' style is simple and straightforward. His examples are practical, and his exercises particularly beneficial to novice users. His occasional spouts of humor keep the reading from being dry.

I highly recommend this book for anyone involved in programming with LabVIEW.


Excellent textbook   June 14, 2008
John G. Todora, Jr. (Nazareth, PA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is an excellent textbook! I'm currently taking "Introduction to LabVIEW" at Tidewater Community College and this is the text that is being used. There 'are' some errors in the book, but the publisher has a list of them posted on their website that is updated reguarly. The text comes with a trial version of LabVIEW to use for the activities. If you want to spend a-bit more money; couple this text with the Student Edition of LabVIEW and the 6008/6009 USB DAQ from National Instruments and you have one of the best learning tools for LabVIEW that I've seen. The text also prepares you to take the National Instruments CLAD exam.


The Single Best Overall Book On LabVIEW   July 2, 2007
Michael C. Ashe (Waterford, CT)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

If you are a beginner to intermediate with LabVIEW, then the 3rd Edition is the single best book on LabVIEW available to you as of summer of 2007. If your budget only allows for one or a few books, put this one at the top of you list. I have read this book cover to cover, twice, and some sections in further detail as well as worked through all of the example code in detail.

I won't repeat the fine comments of others in their reviews. I speak from the perspective of 15+ years of working with LabVIEW, as a beginner in the early 1990s, a Certified LabVIEW instructor in the mid 90s, a small control and test system business founder and owner since the late 90s and an enthusiastic member of the LabVIEW community all during that time. I have bought most of the LabVIEW books that have ever been published as well as the (late) LTR newsletter and this 3rd Edition is the best book I have come across. If I were hiring someone new to do LabVIEW work, I'd give them a copy of this book first. The investment is a no brainer.


A great book for beginners   April 29, 2007
Fabio Antonio S. Flosi (Brazil)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

LabVIEW stands for: Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench. Unlike traditional programming languages (Basic, C, C++, Java, etc.), where you have to write text instructions line by line, LabVIEW is a graphical programming language. Here you create a program using a graphical notation; in other words, you interconnect functional blocks (or icons) via wires, through which data flow. LabVIEW is specifically designed for data acquisition (DAQ), data analysis, and presentation of results.

If you have never worked with LabVIEW, you are like me. First you have to acquire the basic concepts. After that you will be able to read and fully understand more advanced LabVIEW books (at amazon.com you will find a lot of them).

LabVIEW for everyone give you those basic concepts. It has 981 pages divided into 17 chapters, 6 appendixes and 1 glossary. The fundamentals of LabVIEW are shown in the first 10 chapters. Advanced topics can be found in the last 7 chapters. There are plenty of illustrations (almost every page has at least one).

In this book authors explain, step-by-step, every pop-up menu, every pull-down menu, every functional block and its applications, etc. To follow those explanations, you just need to have the basic knowledge of your PC's operating system. There is an accompanying CD-ROM that includes a 30-day evaluation version of LabVIEW 8.0 for Windows, which allows you to practice all activities (exercises) found inside the book.



LabVIEW for Everyone   November 9, 2006
J. Clifton
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

I'm about halfway through a very detail oriented manual "LabVIEW for Everyone" and find it an amazing and easy learning resource. It provides linear training and examples, always building on previous exercises. You need to own a copy of the LabVIEW software or use the 30 day evaluation version. I highly recommend this book if you're trying to come up to speed with LabVIEW.