We are almost halfway through the book and we have mostly talked about real-world phenomena and how we are able to use a series of VIs to quantify and represent a given real-life phenomenon (such as temperature, voltage/current movement, and so on) and classify and quantify them with numbers or values understandable to a computer. In doing so, we have been concentrated on getting one action done, but have ignored the real thinking processes and methods required just prior to running that certain VI and all work that must be done after running our main VI, when the objective of a program is a complete working system.
In other words, what we have done so far here is prove the concept. While in real-life conditions, a system (consisting of both software and hardware must stand on its own merits and results), and inputs and outputs of it must be repeatable, documentable, and generally understandable by a peer or a colleague. Even what we are working...