Opticks Community

I’m a Scientist/Analyst/End-user, How Can I Get Involved?

First, you have to connect to the Opticks community and here’s how:

Download the software, that’s a good start.
Have a question?
- Use our e-mail list to ask
- Jump into our real-time chat and ask
Report any bugs you run across
Is Opticks missing something? Tell us about it and put in a new feature request.
Follow the latest developments
- Subscribe to the latest announcements using any RSS or Feed Reader, here is our Feed
- Or have the latest announcements e-mailed to you
- Come back and check out the Roadmap to see the future direction of Opticks.
Follow the rest of the community
- Subscribe to the latest Opticks related blogs using any RSS or Feed Reader, here is our Feed
- Or have the latest blog postings e-mailed to you

Now that you’ve connected, you can help grow and support the opticks community, here’s how:

Answer questions. It’s one of the easiest ways to give back and one of the very best ways.
- You can answer questions on the e-mail list.
- Or the real-time chat
- Or Both.
Tell your friends
- If you have a blog or start a blog, let us know and we can add your blog to the Opticks Spectrum, a collection of Opticks community blogs. If you want your blog added, please contact Thomas Fordon tfordon@ball.com.
Help anyway you can
- Have some sample data? Why not donate it to the community?
- Have some free time? Why not test the release candidates and let us know what problems you find?
- Know how to write documentation? Why not help improve the documentation and make it even better for the next new user?

First, check out the above section for ways to get involved. It’s a great list of ways to get involved that applies to everyone.
Write an extension. Check out the Opticks Extension Development for more details on writing an extension.
Fix an open bug or implement a new feature request. Check out Opticks Development for more details.