Stop Straightening Wires - Focus on what matters
summary
Argues that formatting time is wasted and demonstrates an autoformatter called Blue - It's like Black but for LabVIEW that runs as a gcli tool and via a tools menu, formats 17 files with zero errors in a demo, and borrows Nattify QD steps to automate common cleanups. Notes caveats: GUI detection, autoerror handling and compiled code effects, and difficulty running on save; package is available on VIPM and source is on Git.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:52Title
- 4:47Style questions
- 6:03Bike shedding
- 8:19Code style
- 12:45Style guides
- 17:03Goals of style guides
- 19:01Code quality enforcement
- 24:34Style guides and VI analyzer
- 30:14Limit your options
- 31:42Get Started
- 32:03Fears
- 33:49Feedback
- 36:54VIPM
- 37:14NATIF
- 40:22Consistency
- 43:09Style
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