ITK/ExamplesDiscussion

There are currently multiple sources for ITK examples:

• Wiki Examples: A community-maintained collection of examples of ITK classes and their uses.

• ITKExamples: Another community-maintained collection of examples of ITK classes and their uses documented with Sphinx.

• Examples in the Git Repository

This is an open discussion to determine the best solution(s) for users.

Wiki Examples

Pros:

• Community driven
  • Zero cost

• Follows on the success of VTK Wiki Examples
  • VTK
    • 1300/8000 (16%) messages since 2010
    • 640 examples (C++, C#, Tcl, Python, Java)
  • ITK
    • 300/3500 (9%) messages since 2011
    • 280 examples, all C++

• Low bar to contribute
  • Uses media wiki
  • No need to learn git

• QuickView
• ~ 30% of examples use QuickView, but could be more

• Multiple build options:
  • Tarball for each example
  • Tarball for all examples
  • ITK Remote module

• ITKv3 and ITKv4 compatible
  • Where possible, builds for both ITKv3/v4

Cons:

• Master is on wiki
  • Difficult to make broad changes
    • Need a repo -> wiki sync
• No gerrit review
  • Current wiki->git sync could be mofied to submit gerrit topics