Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of WebKitGTK/StartHacking


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Timestamp:
Jun 19, 2013 9:09:51 AM (11 years ago)
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Andres Gomez
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Added continuous integration section

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    6969There are a couple of things still to be considered:
    70  * ''Release'' or ''Debug''? The default compilation will do a ''Release'' build. You may think that it may be worthy to actually do a ''Debug'' build since you are planning to start hacking and make use of ''gdb''. However, a ''Debug'' build will take longer, more hard drive space and more RAM. In addition, running a debug build in ''gdb'' may be a pain. Because of this, most of the WebKit hackers choose to just use a ''Release'' build and make an extensive usage of ''printf'' as debugging tool. Also, there is the possibility to ''tweak'' a ''Release'' build to keep certain debugging helpers and yet not being a full ''Debug'' build.
     70 * ''Release'' or ''Debug''? The default compilation will do a ''Release'' build. You may think that it may be worthy to actually do a ''Debug'' build since you are planning to start hacking and make use of ''gdb''. However, a ''Debug'' build will take longer, more hard drive space and more RAM. In addition, running a debug build in ''gdb'' may be a pain. Because of this, most of the WebKit hackers choose to just use a ''Release'' build and make an extensive usage of ''printf'' as debugging tool. Also, there is the possibility to ''tweak'' a ''Release'' build to keep [wiki:WebKitGTK/Debugging#DebuggingWebKitGTK certain debugging helpers] and yet not being a full ''Debug'' build.
    7171 - In any case, don't worry too much since a ''Release'' and a ''Debug'' build can co-exist as WebKit store the resulting objects in different directories.
    7272 * You may want to disable the compilation of unneeded pieces for if you are not working on them. For example, you can pass:
     
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    141 === Testing ===
     141== Testing ==
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    143143WebKit provides a really complete set of tets to check the code and your changes. You can get more information about them in WebKitGtkLayoutTests.
     
    150150$ Tools/Scripts/run-launcher --gtk
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    152  * To run @MiniBrowser@ (WebKit2):
     152 * To run MiniBrowser (WebKit2):
    153153{{{
    154154#!sh
     
    163163$ WebKitBuild/Release/Programs/MiniBrowser &
    164164}}}
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     167== Debugging ==
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     169Here you have some [wiki:WebKitGTK/Debugging debugging tips] and also some other tips for [wiki:WebKitGTK/TrackingMemoryErrors tracking memory errors].
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     172== Continuous integration ==
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     174WebKit continuous integration happens in http://build.webkit.org/. There are a number of ''gardening'' guidelines to help [wiki:WebKitGTK/KeepingTheTreeGreen keeping our build bots green].
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