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LabVIEW Basics - 02 | The LabVIEW Environment
LabVIEW is an application development environment for visual programming. The LabVIEW environment is used for creating, debugging and managing applications written in 'G', a graphical programming language. This section covers the basic components of the LabVIEW environment.
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- The Front Panel is your application's user interface.
- User interface elements called Controls and Indicators are available on the Controls Palette
- The Block Diagram is your applications code.
- Code elements including Primitives, VIs, and Express VIs are available on the Functions Palette
- You can run your application by clicking the Run Button
- You can force your application to terminate by clicking the Abort Button .
- Note: The abort button should be used as a last resort if your program does not exit cleanly. More info about the abort button is available here.