How to integrate in ImageJ

[Akramhar]

Hi @ctrueden and @dietzc, I finally finished to work on the OmeroBrowser and I'm read to release a first version of it. You can find the last version here.
I would like to understand what, in your opinion, is the best way to release it: as a plugin or bundled with imagej-omero?

The first thing to say is that this browser is based on a common project that I use in the Omega project.
Everything is setup for maven but I don't have an artifact repository yet so in case we would want to release it bundled in imagej-omero I would need to set one up.

The second thing is that either release solutions would have their own advantages.
The plugin solution would allow me to have more visibility and direct feedback from the user base, while the bundled solution would facilitate interaction with developers.

For this reason it is quite difficult to have to chose. Do you have any suggestions?
Do you see a way in which both solutions would be adopted at the same time?

Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks.

[dietzc]

Hi @Akramhar,

this is great news. I think the best solution would be to release it under the imagej project umbrella because the visibility of the project increases and like that we also avoid redundant work and can somehow bundle the efforts of several people in a single place.

The first thing to say is that this browser is based on a common project that I use in the Omega project. Everything is setup for maven but I don't have an artifact repository yet so in case we would want to release it bundled in imagej-omero I would need to set

What exactly are the dependencies on your common project? maybe we can somehow decouple it? Or maybe we can decouple parts of the OMERO Browser into it's own ImageJ component?

@ctrueden what do you think?

Thank you again for your efforts. Thats great!

Christian

[Akramhar]

Hi @dietzc, the dependecy is very deep.
The viewer is originally part of my omega project.
I isolated all its componenets in the omero.commons project and I extended it in the imagej command.
The omero.commons project contains GUI elements, runnables and data wrapper elements that I use as a bridge.

To decouple the imagej command from the my omero.commons I would basically have to replicate the code and that would be painful to maintan.

I hope I correctly understood what you suggested and that this clarifies, let me know.
Thanks for your prompt reply :)
Alex

[ctrueden]

Great news, thanks for working on this @Akramhar.

I am excited to take a look, but unfortunately I am out this week with a serious injury. I will try to follow up as soon as I can, but cannot promise a timeline. However, please keep pestering me, since I really want to help push this work forward!

[Akramhar]

@ctrueden sorry to hear that! :(
Get better soon.
I'll keep pestering, no problem :)

[ctrueden]

Thanks again @Akramhar for your work on this!

@awalter17 I would like to discuss this development with you, since it is very related to ImageJ-OMERO work you did earlier this year. Let's discuss tomorrow when you are in the office! 1pm or so?