1. A method for configuring a graphical program, wherein the method executes on a first computer system, the method comprising: displaying a graphical program on a display of the first computer system, wherein the graphical program includes a plurality of interconnected nodes which visually indicate functionality of the graphical program; displaying a first device icon on a display of the first computer system, wherein the first device icon corresponds to a first device; graphically associating a first node of the graphical program with the first device icon in response to user input; deploying the first node to execute on the first device in response to said graphically associating.