| | 1 | |
| | 2 | Source is basically made up of the following: |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | 1. '''JavaScriptCore''': The JavaScript engine. This also includes the WTF |
| | 5 | library, which contains various utilities. This is completely cross-platform |
| | 6 | (though there are various platform-specific JIT backends). This can be used |
| | 7 | as a separate entity from the rest of WebKit. |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | 2. '''WebCore:''' this is where most of the magic lives. All of the rendering |
| | 10 | logic, SVG support, transforms, network support, etc. is here. |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | Each platform has specific logic here. Look in WebCore platform for |
| | 13 | the OS-specific and rendering (Skia, CG, Cairo) backends. |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | 3. '''WebKit''': the front-end layer used by applications. Each GUI platform |
| | 16 | (windows, Cocoa, Gtk+, Qt) provides a different implementation of |
| | 17 | this. Generally, the goal is to make this a client to the WebCore |
| | 18 | layer, basically just 'shimming' WebCore to the specific Os/Platform |
| | 19 | that will be using WebKit. |
| | 20 | |
| | 21 | The remaining projects are autogenerated bindings to the DOM, etc. |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | (Taken from [https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-help/2009-July/000010.html Brent's email] to webkit-help) |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | The WebKit source tree also contains the following project: |
| | 26 | |
| | 27 | 1. '''JavaScriptGlue:''' this is a legacy component needed for compatibility |
| | 28 | with some older Mac OS X software. It will eventually be retired and should |
| | 29 | not receive any new development. |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | (Information taken from [https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31618#c2 a Bugzilla comment by Darin]) |
