Yeah, I've been using labview for almost twenty years. I use it because I can hand it to a biologist and have a modest chance they can understand it, plus for m

Yeah, I've been using labview for almost twenty years. I use it because I can hand it to a biologist and have a modest chance they can understand it, plus for me it's easier to make a UI with it since I just never learned that. But trying to do much in the way of complex logic, unless it's already a built in function, is horrible. Imagine writing a math equation in a visual programming language out of three terminal visual functions for "+". It's hard to be sure you even have the order of operations right! Of course they bandaid this by offering inline equations (which are clunky but I use sometimes) and some support for incorporating textual code for functions, but after twenty years I've never tried to do it because it is more complex than an inline code editor. It's great for showing people just above the level of excel who need to do something custom and don't know a real language or need a quick GUI. But I guarantee they will screw it up badly since the clean visuals cover a lot of hidden behavior that will screw you up. I usually write them 98% of it since the design is hard to guess a good paradigm for, and let them practice on modifying the remaining 2% as they change their mind about what they want it to do.