DevTools/Hacking: Difference between revisions

* '''<tt>devtools/shared</tt>''': Code shared by both the DevTools client (front-end UI) and server. If we are using any third party libraries, or importing external repositories into our tree, those libraries generally live here (eg, <tt>devtools/shared/acorn</tt>), assuming they are used by both client and server.

** '''<tt>devtools/shared/client</tt>''': Code for the DevTools [[Remote Debugging Protocol]] client.  (You may wonder why this is not in <tt>devtools/client</tt> below: it's mainly because tests in server also need access to the RDP client.)

* '''<tt>devtools/server</tt>''': Code for the DevTools [[Remote Debugging Protocol]] server and transport layer.

** '''<tt>devtools/server/actors</tt>''': [[Remote_Debugging_Protocol#Actors RDP Actors]]. Note that if you're modifying the RDP, you may need to worry about [[DevTools/Backwards_Compatibility|backwards compatibilty with older protocol implementations]].

* '''<tt>devtools/client</tt>''': Front end user interfaces for our tools.  Should be pretty obvious what is what based on the directory names and each panel we have in our toolbox.  This directory is only shipped with desktop Firefox, as opposed to other directories above, which are shipped with all Gecko products (Firefox OS, Firefox for Android, etc.)

= Development Workflow =