Labs/Memory Profiler: Difference between revisions

Labs/Memory Profiler (view source)

609 bytes added , 7 October 2009

added more docs

874

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 '''Memory Profiler''' is an experimental Labs project that attempts to make debugging memory use in web pages easier.
-[[Image:Memprof_screen.png]]
+For more information about the tool's design and rationale, see Atul's blog post entitled [http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=709 Web Application Memory Profiling, Take Two].
+http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3988687880_7073e5b7e8_o.png
+= Installation and Use =
 The Firefox extension is available here:
@@ Line 7: / Line 11: @@
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/14666/
-The HG repository is here:
+You can access the tool by going to the "Tools" menu and selecting "Memory Profiler".
+= Building from Source =
+Running the extension from the source requires first getting the Jetpack source code here:
+  http://hg.mozilla.org/labs/jetpack/
+You'll need to build the XPCOM component there. In a parallel directory to this repository, clone the Memory Profiler repository:
    http://hg.mozilla.org/users/avarma_mozilla.com/memory-profiler/
+= Understanding the Source =
 For information on how to create your own custom memory profiling routines, check out the [[Labs/Jetpack/Binary_Components#Memory_Profiling|Jetpack Binary Components API]].
 See Atul's blog post entitled [http://www.toolness.com/wp/?p=604 Fun with SpiderMonkey] for information on how the memory profiler works.