====== 22 Frameworks for LabVIEW ======

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===== Overview =====

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A better, more current list is hosted at the [[https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/Category:Frameworks|LabVIEW Wiki]].
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Overview of several LabView-Frameworks to get a better understanding of the different pros and cons. 


^ Name  ^ Purpose / Description  ^ Pros    ^ Cons       ^ 
| [[kb:labview-frameworks:dqmh|Delacor Queued Message Handler (DQMH)]] |Based on NI QMH, scripting | Open, mature, good documentation, huge community |  | 
| [[https://labviewwiki.org/wiki/Actor_Framework|Actor Framework]] | Open and popular framework by NI | Open, well tested, good documentation | relatively complicated, no RT |
| [[https://workersforlabview.com|Workers for LabVIEW]] | Lightweight, look & feel like NI QMH, scripting | Little overhead, extended documentation | rather new, small community | 
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| [[http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/de/nid/213988|DCAF]] |Distributed Control and Automation Framework  |Configuration-based workflow, networking  | ? | 
| [[http://www.s5solutions.com/aloha.html|ALOHA]] | Simple framework with GUI management | KISS approach, open source | ? | 
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| [[https://bitbucket.org/composedsystems/stream|Stream]] | New publisher / subscriber based framework | Open source, new modern approach, (network transparent) | few infos & doku | 
| [[http://featherweight.io|Featherweight]] | Actor based applications (not related to NI Actor Framework) | collection of libraries, No dependencies | discontinued | 

... to be continued