LabVIEW: LV By a Programmer

Some thoughts I had while working in LabVIEW for a couple of years:

1. Mathematics. Think before draw. "The less you plan, the more complex your VI will be."
2. Pre-compute. Reuse. Pipeline. "Used twice? SubVI!"
3. Avoid Express VI-s.
4. Organize wires into a cluster if they are related, and are more than 3 of them.
5. If and only if an input is required by the algorithm, set it to required. Not required inputs should have sane defaults. Otherwise, you’ll trash the block diagram with unnecessary constants.
6. Customize the Clean-up Diagram button for your favourite style, and Use It.
7. Always go from left to right. Do not make wires that go around from the right, rather extend the space on the left.