Documentation/4.8/Developers

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Getting involved Start here New community member checklist Developer meetings It is open to everyone, feel free to join. Discussion Forum The most effective way to get help from the community FAQ Set of common development questions/answers Resources Roadmap  UPDATED What's next ? What's the plan ? Labs   NEW Keep track of on-going experiments. Doxygen Source code API documentation. Source code repository Github or SVN CDash Quality Dashboard: SlicerStable, SlicerMaster Nightly, continuous and experimental dashboards. - Setup a dashboard Bug tracker / Register / Report a problem / Contribute a patch Web-based bug tracking system - Configuration Slicer Style Guidelines Consistency and Readability for a manageable code base Change logs and release details Informations about Slicer releases Resources List Slicer resources and who to contact in case of problem.		Build instructions Create Slicer extensions   UPDATED Build, test, package and distribute extensions Build Slicer application Compiling and installing Slicer from source. Build Module Compiling slicer modules outside of the slicer source tree. How-tos   Migration Guide How to update Slicer extension code following breaking changes in Slicer or dependent toolkits (VTK, ITK, Qt, ...) Source code How-tos How to checkout the source and contribute patches Module How-tos How to create or build modules, how to add or update remote modules Testing How-tos How to write tests and manage testing data Documentation How-tos How to document module or extension Extension How-tos How to contribute, build or package extensions Misc How-tos How to setup QtCreator, setup dashboard, work with QtDesigner, port modules Debugging How-tos How to debug Slicer, troubleshoot crash or memory leaks Quick links   Dashboard Source C++ API Contribute Style Guide Issue Tracker WikiCheatSheet Mailing list archives FAQ		Design & Implementation Modules Comparison between the different supported module types Data Model / MRML Objects and their organization. MRML Library provides API for managing medical image data type Logics Details the role of MRML/Slicer/Application/Modules logics and Displayable managers Layouts   UPDATED How to control the layout of the views Slice Orientation Presets   NEW How to manage slice orientation presets Slicelets Create simple standalone applications (slicelets) IO Mechanism How to read or write nodes from file Python scripting Presents the underlying infrastructure. Charts Description of the Charting (jqPlot) architecture. Plots   NEW Description of the Plotting (VTK) architecture. Directory Structure Files location in the build and install tree. Qt Plugins How to build and load Qt plugins. Build system / Release process / Factory description Details how Slicer is built and packaged. QtTesting Testing framework to test Slicer application. It complements unit tests.

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