Do these during development to avoid pitfalls

1. Follow Coding Conventions
2. Stick to the Rules

   1. SCC in general
   2. SCC model
3. Conduct Code Reviews
4. Static Code Analysis (VI Analyzer)

• Use Bookmark Manager to find all #todo and #coderev comments

  • address them!!

• For conversions, test at least a few possible values!

  • technologies: flatten/unflatten, typecast, to/from variant…
  • actually execute the VI
  • not necessarily on target or FPGA, just in software
  • maybe generate random data

• For any encoding / decoding, test both sides back-to-back

  • examples: protocols, recordings, anything transferred between systems…
  • actually execute the VIs by wiring them directly together
  • not necessarily on target or FPGA, just in software
  • maybe generate random data
  • Unit-Test!

• Check for circular calling of functions (Requests, MHL cases, etc)

  • draw flow chart of actions to visualize potential problems

• Check all configuration files on all systems

  • Deploy changes (or notify team members to do so)
  • Don't forget default .ini's in repo

• Evaluate changes in context of full application

  • what happens around my piece of work?
  • is everything started/initialized etc for my change to work?