By the end of this discussion, you will have demonstrated your ability to:

Understand the features of the data flow/G programming paradigm

Understand the features of the text-based programming paradigm

Compare and contrast data flow/G programming with text-based programming

Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) is a powerful and flexible graphical development environment created by engineers and scientists at National Instruments (NI). Engineers and scientists in research, development, production, and testing, and in areas as diverse as the automotive, semiconductor, aerospace, electronics, chemical, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical industries have used and continue to use LabVIEW to support their work. LabVIEW is a major player in the areas of testing and measurements, industrial automation, and data analysis. LabVIEW programs are called virtual instruments, or VI for short. LabVIEW is different from text-based programming languages and uses the data flow programming/G programming language. Respond to the following:

What are the salient features of data flow/G programming? List and discuss three of these features.

What are the salient features of text-based programming? List and discuss three of these features.