Developers Information

Slicer4 developer documentation is under development with the idea that tutorials and related information will be available to support work at the NA-MIC 2012 Project Week.

Requirements for Modules

The module is feature complete, i.e. it does everything that it advertises
The module has a test. See here for more information.
The module is fully documented. Template and How-to for the end user documentation.
The module complies with Rons rules for tool and the style guidelines, including color palette.
Use the logos in the List of Collaborators


Introduction Overview Overview of the development process. Mailing List & Developer meetings Developers mailing list Intended for the discussion of programming related questions. Developers mailing list archives Search for priorly posted questions and answers on nabble.com Developer meetings It is open to everyone, feel free to join. Miscellaneous Image gallery Set of screenshots showing the different Slicer components. Slicer Style Guidelines Consistency and Readability for a manageable code base MediaWiki Extensions testing page This page serves as a MediaWiki sandbox. Developer Projects Pages for the developer projects.		Source Code SVN repository `svn checkout http://svn.slicer.org/Slicer4/trunk` Doxygen Source code API documentation. ViewVC (last commit) Web-based code repository viewer. Compile/Install Slicer application build instructions Compiling and installing Slicer from source. Slicer extensions build instructions Build, test, package and distribute extensions CDash (Quality Dashboard) Nightly, continuous and experimental dashboards. Releases Informations of Slicer releases Design & Implementation Modules Comparison between the different module types supported by Slicer Data Model - MRML Objects and their organization. MRML Library provides API for managing medical image data type. Logics Details the role of logics in Slicer and lists the different types such as displayable managers. Python scripting Presents the underlying infrastructure. Build system Details how Slicer is built and packaged.		How To Create a CLI module Create a Loadable module Create a Scripted module Create an Editor effect Document a module NEW Contribute a patch UPDATED Setup QtCreator to develop Slicer application or modules Setup a dashboard Use debugger with Slicer application Troubleshoot issues such as crash, or memory leaks Prevent memory leaks Write a widget for Slicer and Qt Designer Use custom widgets in Qt Designer Load UI file from python Pass data between Slicer and Matlab Experimental