2022 CZI napari Plugin Accelerator Grant Workshop Series

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s napari Plugin Accelerator Grant program aims to support napari plugin ecosystem development, with the goal of providing easy access to reproducible, quantitative bioimage analysis tools to biologists. This workshop series was intended to support napari plugin developers, covering topics for making quality napari plugins, from building and testing napari plugins, designing accessible user interfaces, developing user-friendly documentation, and sharing plugins on the napari hub.

Dev Tools and Tips When Building napari Plugins

SPEAKER(s)

Draga Doncila Pop, napari core developer

Talley Lambert, Harvard Medical School

DESCRIPTION

Overview:

General introduction to building and testing napari plugins in python
Specific case examples of testing napari plugins (e.g. reader/writer, widget)
Running tests on GitHub actions
Quick review of best practices for building napari plugins
Intro to pre-commit

Get Your DUX In a Row: Developer and User Experience in napari

SPEAKER(S)

Andy Sweet, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Lucy Obus, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

DESCRIPTION

Overview:

Part 1 – Core Concepts

napari core concepts: viewer, layers, data, events
Plugin core concepts: contribution types, interacting with napari layers
Development support: forums

Part 2 – User Experience Research You Can Do Today

What is UXR: Low effort, high impact help
How it works: Observe, Reflect, Make
Examples

Demonstrate Your Plugin’s Quality Through the napari hub

SPEAKER(S)

Lucy Obus, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Justin Kiggins, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

DESCRIPTION

Overview:

Part 1 – Improving the overall quality of the napari plugin ecosystem

Motivation for improvement
Learnings from users regarding useful quality signals

Part 2 – Specifics of quality checklists

How can these items can be implemented
What’s coming on the napari hub to help developers achieve high-quality plugin development
Ways to let users find high-quality plugins more easily

Enhance Your Plugin's Reach

SPEAKER(S)

Chi-Li Chiu, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

DESCRIPTION

Overview:

This workshop covers ways to enhance a plugin’s reach from two aspects: plugin design and the user’s learning experience. By making plugins more modular and generalizable, plugin developers could maximize potential use cases and integrate better with the broader plugin ecosystem. By providing an intuitive plugin interface and clear documentation, users would be able to learn how to use the plugin efficiently, thus maximizing the impact of the plugins.

Making napari Plugins Usable and Accessible

SPEAKER(S)

Melissa Weber Mendonca, Quansight

Lia Prins, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Isabela Presedo-Floyd, Quansight Labs

DESCRIPTION

Overview:

Part 1 – The role and importance of documentation for napari plugins

Types of documentation (Diátaxis framework)
Tooling
Sphinx
Jupyter notebooks
Reproducibility

Part 2 – A quick overview of the napari design process / “design thinking” / how to solve your user’s needs

GUI layout + organization
When to use different components

Part 3 – Design considerations for non-designers with napari plugin examples

Consistency
Accessibility