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Fiji is a community effort.  So we are happy whenever we see new people developing Fiji!
 
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The purpose of this tutorial is to get you started hacking on [https://github.com/fiji/ Fiji's source code] (i.e., the core Fiji plugins). If you need to develop a ''new plugin'' for ImageJ, you do not actually need Fiji's source. Rather, see these resources:
 
The purpose of this tutorial is to get you started hacking on [https://github.com/fiji/ Fiji's source code] (i.e., the core Fiji plugins). If you need to develop a ''new plugin'' for ImageJ, you do not actually need Fiji's source. Rather, see these resources:
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* {{GitHub|org=imagej|repo=example-legacy-plugin|label=example-legacy-plugin}} project template
 
* [[Introduction into Developing Plugins]] tutorial
 
* [[Introduction into Developing Plugins]] tutorial
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac-6gJ2eRb0 Developing ImageJ 1.x plugins with NetBeans] screencast
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac-6gJ2eRb0 Developing ImageJ 1.x plugins with NetBeans] screencast
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First, you have to [[Downloading_and_Building_Fiji_From_Source|download and build Fiji]]. If you do not know Git yet, we have a [[Git for dummies|concise introduction]] for you.
 
First, you have to [[Downloading_and_Building_Fiji_From_Source|download and build Fiji]]. If you do not know Git yet, we have a [[Git for dummies|concise introduction]] for you.
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== The ImageJ launcher ==
 
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There is a program called "ImageJ-win32.exe", "ImageJ-linux64" or similar in Fiji's root directory.  Its main purpose is to load a Java virtual machine with known-good options, and then launch ImageJ.
 
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* Call the Jython interpreter: '''./ImageJ-<platform> --jython''' (the classpath will be the same as when calling ImageJA), and likewise '''--jruby''', '''--bsh''' and '''--js''' for the respective language's command-line interpreters
 
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== Building Fiji ==
 
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When you want to discuss your changes to some Fiji component, the preferred way is to inline a patch and send it to the [mailto:fiji@fiji.sc fiji-devel mailing list]. You can also send a link to your repository, e.g. a fork of {{GitHub|repo=fiji|label=the Fiji repository on github.com}}, but then commenting is not as easy (and the discussion will involve fewer developers).
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When you want to propose and/or discuss changes to some source code, the preferred way is to [[contributing|submit a PR on GitHub]].
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When discussing larger chunks of code (or a patch) on [irc://irc.freenode.net/fiji-devel IRC], please do not paste them directly, but use a [http://gist.github.com pastebin] instead.
 
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'''Every plugin has its own git repository in {{GitHub|org=fiji|repo=|label=Fiji}}'''. For example, the GraphCut plugin's repository is {{GitHub|org=fiji|repo=Graph_Cut|label=GraphCut}}. This structure allows for easy, independent development of
 
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This section is out of date, potentially misleading or invalid. Be careful with any instructions here. When in doubt, ask for help from the community.


Fiji is a community effort. So we are happy whenever we see new people developing Fiji!

Purpose

The purpose of this tutorial is to get you started hacking on Fiji's source code (i.e., the core Fiji plugins). If you need to develop a new plugin for ImageJ, you do not actually need Fiji's source. Rather, see these resources:

See also Developing Fiji in Eclipse for a tutorial specific to the Eclipse IDE.

Getting started

First, you have to download and build Fiji. If you do not know Git yet, we have a concise introduction for you.

Building Fiji

Fiji is organized into a set of Maven projects. For convenience and speed, there is SciJava's minimal Maven-lookalike MiniMaven to build Fiji, but it is recommended to use an Integrated Development Environment, or at least real Maven.

For details, please see Downloading and Building Fiji From Source. See also the Supported Compilers page for more information.

Testing

It is strongly recommended to write regression tests (also known as unit tests). It is easy.

Furthermore, it is highly recommended to write and run unit tests in an Integrated Development Environment for efficient debugging.

You may also want to measure the code coverage of your tests - one way is described in the page Code Coverage in Fiji.

At some point, you might want to debug whatever you wrote. There's a small Debugging intro page.

Discussing code

When you want to propose and/or discuss changes to some source code, the preferred way is to submit a PR on GitHub.

Contributing

Please have a look at the excellent How to contribute to an existing plugin or library tutorial.

Providing documentation

A plugin wants to be used. Therefore you want to give users some information about it, and most likely also a tutorial how to use it.

If you have an account on this Wiki, you can easily create new tutorials with the Tutorial Maker.

Further reading for developers

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