Firebug/WeeklyUpdates/2010-06-22

Issues for 1.6

• Console
  • DONE: remove attributes from the BODY tags
• Show Cache in Net panel
  • DONE, blog post
• Update page?
  • Honza
• 1.6a13 for completion
  • jjb
• Blocks 1.6
  • review list
• Concentrate on swarm
  • Swarms

Daily testing for Firebug + Firefox

• Test Bot Page is UP!
• Bug 559466 Integrate firebug test suite with automated tests
• Triage Process
  • Contact page, platform triage person?
• Bug 532445 run unit tests (daily?) with Firebug installed in testing profiles

1.6 on FF 4.0

• wrapper problem already being worked on
• command line debug problem.

Crossfire

• Testing of backend: FBTest?
  • Darin
• Listener client/server
  • Browser Tools Interface
• Socket startup and shutdown issues.
• Avoiding context transfer?
  • Leave all model info on server side
  • Client side has "presentation model" (cache of info needed for panels)
• Accelerated 1.7 work to get Firebug for Fennec
  • Honza and Mike: Firebug to Firebug via CrossFire
  • TODO: Reverse relationship between TabWatcher and Firebug
  • TODO: Command line flags to init firebug from crossfile (module vs panels)
  • Test case for re-attach

Refactoring

• Reattach/deattach
• Unload
  • components -> modules
  • overlays unload
  • destroy objects

Architecture Review underway

• DONE Changes for panel activation
• 1.6 Architecture

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These items were not discussed in the call and remain for next time.

JSD v2

• Seems to be getting a plan.

Wiki Reorganization

• sidebar to panels list
• move more from getfirebug.com, easier to update on wiki

Chromebug

• Go to 1.6b1 with Firebug 1.6b1
• Recommend to Firefox team: version 1.6a10 for now + Firebug 1.6a10

Memory

• TODO Try to make referents value be object paths
• Testcase
• updated doc with new screenshots for a quick look
• per-object API
  • harder than we thought: must pass objects into profiler to get ids, then get refs in id form
  • See also jsd_GetJSDObjectForJSObject
  • memory profiler IDs seem to be pointers to JSObject
  • TODO : cannot get objects in closure
  • Performance could still be a problem
  • TODO: what sizes make sense for objects
  • Reorg platform sub-directory binary dll
• another memory tool proposed
• parent pointer

Velocity

• Slides
• June 22-24, Santa Clara
• jjb volunteers, in contact with organizers.

The Firebug Velocity demo will feature new features in the Net panel, new comprehensive breakpoint support, and a sneek peek at our next version. In Firebug 1.5 we reimplemented the Net panel to dramatically improve the timing accuracy and to support exporting the traffic analysis info. The export format was designed to be compatible with HTTPWatch. We added breakpoint support from every panel: I'll demo using Javascript breakpoints from XHR events and Cookies. Firebug 1.6 integrates Firebug extensions to give you a jolt of new features all pretested with Firebug.

CSS injection for inspector

• TODO ask radcliffe about canvas
• TODO user style sheets for CSS injection?

Swarm

• Add swarm extension <your SVN>/extensions/swarm/branches/swarm1.5
• Load file://<your SVN>/extensions/swarm/branches/swarm1.5/swarms/basic.html into FBTest to see current status
• working on signature code

Bugs

updated March of the Firebugs