Development Roadmap

This is a list of the major areas of ongoing and future development. It is meant to give an overview of what we're currently planning, as well as to provoke discussions about which features to prioritize. Our development resources are extremely limited, so if you think you might be interested in helping out with any of these goals, please let us know!

A more comprehensive list of development goals is available on the GUI's GitHub Projects page.

Sub-pages describe previous projects that may or may not be active.

UI Upgrades

Replace record/audio "drawers" with separate modules
Create a full-screen visualizer for the Channel Map module
Implement copy/paste for processors

Plugins

Short-term:

~~Set up central repository for user-contributed plugins~~
~~Integrate plugin browsing and installation into the GUI itself~~
Get plugin generator working across Mac, Linux, and Windows
Refine methods for automatic parameter editor generation

Matlab/Python/Julia integration

Short-term:

Refine Python plugin and add documentation and tutorials (current project of Clayton Barnes)
Refine Julia plugin and add documentation and tutorials
Create a plugin that be programmed using Matlab

Networking

Longer-term:

Create a Network Streaming modules that can be used to send data between GUI instances, or to other software

Backend

Short term:

Allow data to pass through Sinks
Optionally allow waveforms from spike events to reduce inter-plugin transmission bandwidth
Add channel depth metadata, to facilitate more intuitive visualization

Testing

Short term:

Set up continuous integration
Create a standard battery of tests to run prior to each release
Choose a testing framework and start building unit tests for individual methods

Data format

Short term:

Make the File Reader compatible with Open Ephys, Binary, and NWB format
Update the NWB format to be compatible with the 2.0 specification