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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.
  • 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.