G2

Rob L.

Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing

Research

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/24/2018

"Stable, robust C-based IDE development platform"

4/5

What do you like best about LabWindows/CVI?

Great standard libraries, active development community, full C language compliance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabWindows/CVI?

Forget finding 3rd party hardware driver support for this. I've been grateful to work with some really good vendors that have made me custom C-only driver versions of their C++ drivers. In most cases, you'll encounter a LabView VI driver for your hardware, but nothing for LabWindows.

Small market share means blazing a trail alone. You're a bit of an island if you work in CVI. No one, and I mean no one, has ever heard of it. But it's pretty fun to develop in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering LabWindows/CVI:

For software developers, you'd probably be better off keeping your options open, since this is a legacy product that doesn't support more "modern" languages, like OOP design, garbage collection, error handling, etc.

Still... I love it. What can I say? It's a nice, tight little package, with good library support. I've written some nice slick apps with it for my company, and my users are all very happy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is LabWindows/CVI solving and how is that benefiting you?

I write machine automation software for our manufacturing line. We gather performance data for life cycle testing of high-precision, high-vacuum, high-voltage products. It covers most of the technical, hardware layer problems I've encountered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.