Development with MITK can happen under several conditions. Depending on whether you are using the Toolkit or the entire application, different sections may apply to you. In case you are unsure about what you need, please refer to The Architecture of MITK text. An extensive Introduction to MITK is available under Starting your MITK Development.

Once you have made yourself familiar with MITK, you should have a look at the Development Concepts, as MITK implements a lot of high-level functionality. Knowing about these concepts will prevent you from reimplementing functionality.

Once you start consuming more specific functionality, the Module Manual will be helpful to understand how a specific plugin works and what functionality it provides.