Documentation/Nightly/Developers/Tutorials

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Source code How-tos

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Checkout Slicer source

Setup for Git development   NEW

Commit change sets

Contribute a patch

Integrate topic from external contributor

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Module How-tos

Create a CLI module or extension

Create a Loadable module or extension

Create a Scripted module or extension

Create an Editor effect

Bundle module(s) into a Slicer extension

Build module outside of Slicer source tree

Add or Update a Remote module   NEW

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Testing How-tos

Write a Self Test Module

Write Cxx tests for your C++ loadable module

Upload test data on Midas

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Documentation How-tos

Document a module

Document an extension

Wiki Cheat sheet: Useful templates

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Extension How-tos

Obtain an API key to submit on the extension server

Contribute an extension description file using the wizard   NEW

Manually contributing an extension description file

Build an extension

Package an extension

Upload an extension

Build an ExtensionsIndex

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Porting How-tos

Port a CLI to ITKv4

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Dev How-tos

Setup QtCreator to develop Slicer application or modules

Setup a dashboard

Write a widget for Slicer and Qt Designer

Use custom widgets in Qt Designer

Load UI file from python

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Debugging How-tos

Use debugger with Slicer application

Troubleshoot issues such as crash, or memory leaks

Prevent memory leaks - VTK, Python and reference counting

Debugging Python in Visual Studio