2012 Summer Project Week Breakout Session:SlicerExtensions

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An extension could be seen as a delivery package bundling together one or more Slicer modules.

After installing an extension, the associated modules will be presented to the user as built-in ones

• Tour of the updated documentation
• Step-by-step: Extension bundling one CLI module
• Q&A

Step-by-step: Extension bundling one CLI module

Prerequisites

• Up-to-date Slicer build - This step by step tutorial has been done using Slicer r20398

Step-by-step

• 1. Create base structure using ModuleWizard

./Utilities/Scripts/ModuleWizard.py --template ./Extensions/Testing/CLIExtensionTemplate --target ../MyFooExtension MyFooExtension

• 2. Check that expected files have been created

cd ..
cd MyFooExtension/
ls
cd ..
cd MyFooExtension-build

• 3. Configure

cmake -DSlicer_DIR:PATH=/home/jchris/Projects/Slicer4-Superbuild-Debug/Slicer-build/ ../MyFooExtension

• 4. Build

make -j4

• 5. Hack, hack, hack and rebuild

make -j4

• 6. Read "How to obtain an API key"

• 7. Re-configure passing MIDAS_PACKAGE_EMAIL and MIDAS_PACKAGE_API_KEY

cd MyFooExtension-build
cmake -DMIDAS_PACKAGE_EMAIL:STRING=jchris.fillionr@kitware.com -DMIDAS_PACKAGE_API_KEY:STRING=<YOUR_API_KEY> . 

• 8. Publish

make ExperimentalUpload