[vtkusers] heads up: changes to vtk web site and examples coming

Sat May 17 16:25:06 EDT 2014

Thanks for the feedback everyone. We will definitely work to
cross-reference the examples, in order to provide a logical and cohesive
environment for the beginner while forming ideas.

As a correction, the front page of the wiki can be found at
http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK
as it always has been.
On May 17, 2014 1:21 PM, "Pani,John Robert" <jrpani at louisville.edu> wrote:

>
> As someone who has been learning vtk over the past several months, these
> revisions all sound timely.  I would like to particularly encourage the
> further work on the examples.  The ones on the main site now are very
> useful, but it is easy to outgrow them.  The in-source examples/tests are
> often very nice extensions (example:  texturedButtonWidget.cxx in basic
> examples  --> TestButtonWidget.cxx in the source examples).  This is
> explained in the User Guide, but some continued development of the
> organizing and cross-referencing of the examples could really save people
> time (bug-eyed teeth-gritting high-blood-pressure professional time).
>
> Best,
>
> John
>
> ________________________________________
> From: vtkusers [vtkusers-bounces at vtk.org] on behalf of Will Schroeder [
> will.schroeder at kitware.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 6:08 PM
> To: Richard Whitehead
> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org; insight-developers at itk.org
> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] heads up: changes to vtk web site and examples
> coming
>
> Thanks for the encouragement Richard. We are trying to keep up with the
> needs of the VTK community.
> Will
>
> PS- Don't send this to the ITK folks, their heads might swell even more ;-)
>
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Richard Whitehead <
> richard.whitehead at vivosight.com<mailto:richard.whitehead at vivosight.com>>
> wrote:
> David,
>
> I am very pleased to hear this.  Getting started with VTK has been a
> really tough learning curve, often the simplest things are very difficult
> to get to work (e.g. getting a picture to fill a window!).
> The users forum is great but one doesn't always get an answer.
> ITK was actually much easier to learn, maybe there are things we can learn
> from them too.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 17:29:19 -0400
> From: David E DeMarle <dave.demarle at kitware.com<mailto:
> dave.demarle at kitware.com>>
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> Hey gang,
>
> We've started cleaning up the accumulated clutter that we call the VTK wiki
> page. With a collection of maybe twenty years' information up there we are
> suffering more from a proliferation than a scarcity of information. Our
> goal then is to streamline and improve the content to make it easier to
> find the important stuff and especially to get started using VTK.
>
> As such we have or are about to:
> * change the top level wiki page from:
>   http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Deprecated_frontpage
> to:
>   http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/VTK
>
> * remove or update old and often conflicting content (I'm looking at you
> FAQ!).
>
> * switch to a ParaView style download form on the webpage, where you pick
> from drop down boxes what you want to download.
>
> * Adhere to "one set of examples to rule them all" or "there can be only
> one set of examples". The in source VTK examples:
>   ${VTKSOURCE}/Examples
> are being updated and will eventually move to the VTK Wiki examples
> project:
>   http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples
> Regression test results for the wiki examples will move to the VTK
> dashboard where more developers will see them.
>
> * the VTK web site will receive its own facelift in the coming months, like
> ParaView's recently did, for much the same reason.
>
> If you have any concerns about any of this or have some spare time and
> would like to help update the documentation and example, please let us
> know.
>
> David E DeMarle
> Kitware, Inc.
> R&D Engineer
> 21 Corporate Drive
> Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> Phone: 518-881-4909<tel:518-881-4909>
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