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# Follow this tutorial to get a copy of Firefox source code and build it: [http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp/desktop.html http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp/desktop.html] | # Follow this tutorial to get a copy of Firefox source code and build it: [http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp/desktop.html http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp/desktop.html] | ||
#* If you're asked to run a 'bootstrap' script, choose the option "Firefox for Desktop Artifact Mode". | #* If you're asked to run a 'bootstrap' script, choose the option "Firefox for Desktop Artifact Mode". This significantly reduces the time it takes to build Firefox on your machine (from 30+ minutes to just 1-2 minutes). | ||
# Check if you can run any marionette tests: Use [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/mach mach] to run [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette Marionette] unit tests against the Firefox binary you just built in the previous step: <code>./mach marionette-test</code> -- see [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette/Running_Tests Running Marionette Tests] for details. If you see tests running, that's good enough: '''you don't have to run all the tests right now''', that takes a long time. | # Check if you can run any marionette tests: Use [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_guide/mach mach] to run [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette Marionette] unit tests against the Firefox binary you just built in the previous step: <code>./mach marionette-test</code> -- see [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Marionette/Running_Tests Running Marionette Tests] for details. If you see tests running, that's good enough: '''you don't have to run all the tests right now''', that takes a long time. | ||
#* Fun fact: the set of tests that you just ran on your machine is triggered automatically for every changeset in the Mozilla source tree! For example, here are the [https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=mozilla-inbound&filter-job_type_symbol=Mn latest results on Treeherder] | #* Fun fact: the set of tests that you just ran on your machine is triggered automatically for every changeset in the Mozilla source tree! For example, here are the [https://treeherder.mozilla.org/#/jobs?repo=mozilla-inbound&filter-job_type_symbol=Mn latest results on Treeherder] | ||