Error Cluster Constant for LabVIEW 2011

Error handling is an important but challenging part of any large application.  In an attempt to make it easier to generate specific errors throughout your application, AristosQueue and company has created a new Error Cluster Constant.  An early version is available for you to evaluate and download from here.

I am in the process of lobbying them to create a VI Package file to make installation easier, but I strongly encourage anyone that’s interested in more advanced error handling to download and evaluate this new tool.

On a related note, the latest version of the Structured Error Handler API is available here.

Software Validation Tools Now Included with Developer Suite (as of August 2011)

I am pleased to announce that all toolkits that were formerly available in the Software Validation Tools Developer Suite Bundle are now included with the purchase of Developer Suite Core. This means that anyone who purchases or renews their license for Developer Suite now has access to the following products at no additional charge:

• LabVIEW VI Analyzer Toolkit - Enforce proper coding styles with more than 80 included tests and screen for performance and code quality issues
• LabVIEW Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit - Trace sequence of VI events in LabVIEW applications during run time
• LabVIEW Unit Test Framework Toolkit - Create test frameworks to functionally validate VIs

These products have become increasingly important for the success of large systems, and we recognize that they should be in the toolbelt of anyone developing sufficiently complex systems with LabVIEW.  These products improve and automate otherwise time-consuming software engineering tasks, such as code reviews, validation, static and dynamic analysis, etc.. For more information and best practices for using these and other software engineering products with LabVIEW, visit ni.com/largeapps, or post your questions and comments below.

Regards,

Eli