[ITK-dev] Future of ITKApps

[Matt McCormick]

+1.

I patched most of the apps for VTK 6, which is what we have in the
Superbuild, so I would like to get that merged.

FLTK makes these building these quite finicky and hard to maintain.
There are many other better tools and demonstrations out there on how
to develop an app based on ITK. Yet, these apps still provide value
both in the functionality they provide and in the minimal,
self-contained demonstration of how to use ITK + VTK.

There was a discussion recently on GitHub on how to use one of the
Apps on Windows [1]. Following that thread, I created a Docker image
to run the apps [2]. This runs on OSX / Linux / Windows, and can be
interacted with on all platforms, including tablets, phones. People
will be able to use the apps in perpetuity without requiring further
maintenance.

I propose we create the create the Docker apps, then freeze
development.  ITKApps released with ITK 4.9 would be the final
release.

Thanks,
Matt


[1] https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITKDevelopmentEnvironment/issues/1

[2] https://github.com/thewtex/docker-opengl

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Johnson, Hans J
<hans-johnson at uiowa.edu> wrote:
> +10  … That is not a typo.  Really +10.
>
> The slicer extensions framework is one of many improved solutions over fltk apps.
> Heck… many of the demo apps could be easily re-written in SimpleITK with ipython notebook widgets.
>
> Hans
>
>
> On 11/20/15, 9:29 AM, "Insight-developers on behalf of Bill Lorensen" <insight-developers-bounces at itk.org on behalf of bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>ITKApps contains applications written a long time ago. We as a group
>>have been patching the apps, fixing compile errors as ITK and VTK
>>api's change.
>>
>>Also, many of the apps use an old version of FLTK as a gui.
>>
>>I think the maintenance cost is too much for these old applications.
>>
>>We should consider freezing it at VTK5.10 and the last ITK version
>>that works with it.
>>
>>As Matt has mentioned there are several modern apps like slicer and
>>SNAP that can provide users with a better experience.
>>
>>Thoughts?
>>
>>Bill
>>
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