Join the 3D Slicer Hackathon to Improve Your Skills and Make Valuable Contributions
Kitware is pleased to be hosting a 3D Slicer Hackathon! Join us virtually to get hands-on experience contributing to Slicer, receive guidance, and improve your development skills. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow Slicer developers, discuss ideas, and gain insights from experienced contributors.
The goal of the hackathon is to collaboratively address issues, with the expectation that each participant will contribute at least one pull request that is either:
- Reviewed & integrated, or
- Ready to be reviewed & integrated.
3D Slicer Hackathon
Date: Friday, January 24th, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
Location: Virtual via Google Meet (link will be shared with registered attendees)
Who: Open to all Slicer developers!
Register Now!
How to Prepare for the Hackathon
To ensure a productive session, please complete the following beforehand:
- Register by Monday, January 20th
- Create a GitHub account and fork the Slicer repository.
- Set up your development environment: Follow the Slicer Build Instructions.
- Review issues: Look through the Good First Issues to identify potential tasks.
- Join the discussion: Participate in pre-event discussions to clarify objectives and get feedback.
What to Expect During the Hackathon
- Engage with other participants to exchange knowledge and ideas.
- Work on your assigned task and collaborate with peers.
- Adhere to Slicer’s Code of Conduct.
- Assign yourself a task by reviewing the list of Good First Issues. If you are unable to assign an issue to yourself, add a comment stating, “I am looking into this,” or something similar. If you change your mind, simply add another comment. Be sure to write any findings that might help someone tackle the issue in the future.
- Have fun!
To register for the hackathon, please click here.