Does anyone ever post codes that they are working on?

[doradorachan]

Hey guys,

 

So I was just wondering if forums like LAVA had any code review of an entire application and such.

I typically have code review done at work but I was wondering if there was a thread where people just shared their code.

 

I understand that sharing an entire code is typically not possible due to company policy and IP related matters but

I thought it might be nice if I can take a look at a code of somebody outside of my typical circle and see how they do things.

 

[JKSH]

This isn't code review per se, but LAVA does have a Code Repository for people to share their work: http://lavag.org/files/

 

You can also search open-source hosts (e.g. GitHub, SourceForge) for projects written in LabVIEW.

[hooovahh]

Honestly I don't see any problem with just making a normal post asking for advice.  Plenty of times someone will post a "This is how I did my CLD what do you think", or a "I'm new at LabVIEW how can I improve this" and as a collective we look over the code, post improvements and suggestions.

 

I don't think it has ever been attempted with large projects so I don't know how it would go down.  I think smaller programs work well because the effort from someone is small to open the code and say a few things.  But for a large application I wonder if you won't get much contribution, because the time needed to understand the intent of the code, and then post solutions/suggestions might be larger. 

[doradorachan]

JKSH,

 

I've checked out the sites you have mentioned, especially  LAVA code repository, but I couldn't find any actual application.

Would you happen to have a link to one?

 

hooovahh,

 

I guess I misused the word code review. Showing my code and getting advices from someone is definitely nice, but instead I was just wondering if people posted their code that I can take a look at.

Since I don't have a specific question regarding anything, I just wanted to see how other people design, organize, document and pretty much program in LabVIEW.

Example solutions and submissions of CLD and CLA exams are close to what I am looking for... however the amount of programming is incorporated into is limited so 

it lacks LabVIEW tricks and designs.

 

I hope I make sense 

[JKSH]

• A game: https://github.com/mrhappyasthma/Snake
• A measurement system: https://github.com/Naviss/Oto
• A LabVIEW IDE plugin: http://sourceforge.net/p/lv-cct-tool/code/ci/default/tree/
• A library: http://sourceforge.net/p/h5labview/code/ci/default/tree/

(I haven't used any of them except h5labview, so I can't give you an assessment on their quality)

 

If you want a good resource on LabVIEW tricks and designs, I recommend The LabVIEW Style Book by Peter A. Blume. He walks you through sample projects, points out their strengths/weaknesses, and provides lots of useful guidelines.

Edited September 16, 2014 by JKSH

[hooovahh]

but instead I was just wondering if people posted their code that I can take a look at.

AHH, yeah that would be beneficial.  During my early career I was fortunate enough to work with many talented developers and saw many design patterns and was able to have a 1-on-1 to ask questions about decisions that were made.  This really helped me shape the thought process I use when choosing design patterns.

 

Unfortunately the issue you are going to have is, no one is going to want to show you their secret sauce.  I mean lets say I did a program for John Deere and I'm really proud of how it works and think its great.  I can't simply share that with the world, I'd likely be taken to court.  I guess the only way you'll see a full application like this, is if the project was for my own company, and I had permission to share it.  Which I think is unlikely. 

 

CLD/CLA examples are probably a good idea but like you said they are 4 hours of work, sounds like you are interested in the weeks/months long projects to see how they work.  It probably goes without saying, but I wouldn't look for this type of thing from NI's examples.

[doradorachan]

JKSH,

 

Thanks for the links! I didn't know LabVIEW developers used Github and sourceforge too.

I took a look at the book you recommended. I do think there is lot that I can learn from architecture design.

But I wanted to get your opinion on how much difference the LabVIEW version that the author used would make.

The book was written around 2006 so  I am guessing that was like LabVIEW 8.2?

 

hooovahhh,

 

Yea, code review and outside exposure is definitely what I need. At my workplace, we have talented developers,

however the work style is more about solve immediate problems and worry about the rest later. So there's not much room for design and code reviews 

[hooovahh]

Yea, code review and outside exposure is definitely what I need. At my workplace, we have talented developers,

however the work style is more about solve immediate problems and worry about the rest later. So there's not much room for design and code reviews 

So sorry to hear that.  Having a culture of good software development in the workplace, is more beneficial than 10 "experts" who just throw stuff together until it works.  This is one reason why I feel LAVA is such a good resource because it helps encourage the good software development culture.  Having enthusiastic developers in the workplace helps, and it sounds like you could be a shining light for your co-workers.