[webkit-dev] Where can I get basic WebKit software?

[David Kilzer]

> 1) I am really wondering whether the above all modules are
> related to "QtPort" or basic independent Webkit library?

All of those directories are for the Qt port of WebKit.  The platform code just isn't in WebCore/platform, it's in multiple "platform" directories beneath the WebCore tree.

> 2) I am unable to find out the basic Webkit document in
> Internet.

Most new porters complain about the lack of documentation, but (in my opinion) there's really no substitute for reading the source code.  I realize this is a daunting task for a code base as big as WebKit, but ultimately that's what you're going to have to do to make the port work.

Having said that, there is some more documentation on the wiki <http://trac.webkit.org/wiki> (note that some info may be a little out-of-date), and you may find more by searching the webkit-dev archive for "documentation":

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=site:lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-dev+documentation&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

You may also post questions about the source here on webkit-dev, or ask questions in the #webkit IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.

Finally, I would start by getting JavaScriptCore compiling first, then WebCore, and finally WebKit.  You don't need JavaScriptGlue, and you won't use anything in WebKitLibraries.  Once you have a project compiling, try running the tests for it.  (JavaScriptCore has WebKitTools/Scripts/run-javascriptcore-tests, and WebCore has WebKitTools/Scripts/run-webkit-tests, although this requires a port of WebKitTools/DumpRenderTree to be implemented as well.)

Also, it will be very helpful if you are able to compile and run an existing port (e.g., the port closest to your platform) so you can trace through its code when you can't figure out how to implement your port's method.  (Looking at other ports' implementations of a method may also help.)

Hope that helps!

Dave


On Fri, 9/5/08, cpanigrahi at mail.vavni.com <cpanigrahi at mail.vavni.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> 
> Thank you very much for your response. I have gone through
> the WebKit SVN
> repository source. I understand that each platform specific
> port is
> developed in WebCore/platform. But, I noticed that these
> platform specific
> ports are existed in other folders also.
> 
> For example, if we take "Qt" port, "Qt"
> folder is existed in the below paths:
> 
> WebCore/platform/qt --- "Qt" platform specific
> library
> WebCore/platform/network --- ?
> WebCore/platform/network/qt --- ?
> WebCore/platform/graphics/qt --- ?
> WebCore/editing/qt --- ?
> WebCore/loader/qt --- ?
> WebCore/page/qt --- ?
> WebCore/plugins/qt --- ?
> 
> 1) I am really wondering whether the above all modules are
> related to
> "QtPort" or basic independent Webkit library? I
> am really unable to figure
> out this issue.
> 
> 2) I am unable to find out the basic Webkit document in
> Internet. If we
> have this, we can easily figure out that what modules we
> have to develop
> to provide the platform specific functionality to basic
> Webkit to get the
> browser.
> 
> Can you please share your thoughts?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Regards
> Chandra
> 
> > You must check out the source code from Subversion:
> >
> > http://webkit.org/building/checkout.html
> >
> > Or git:
> >
> > http://trac.webkit.org/wiki/UsingGitWithWebKit
> >
> > Note that the code base contains code for all the
> ports, but each
> > platform's code is under a
> "platform/<platformname>" directory, so you
> > know which files you can ignore (and what you have to
> implement for your
> > port).
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 9/4/08, Chandramouli
> <cpanigrahi at vavni.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I want to download basic platform independent
> WebKit
> >> toolkit? I tried in
> >> Internet. But, I found that all available download
> >> resources are already
> >> integrated with third party platforms (ports) 
> like Qt,
> >> Gtk, Java etc.
> >>
> >> My main intention is that I want to download basic
> WebKit
> >> software and then
> >> I will try to integrate my own platform with the
> basic
> >> WebKit.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Chandra
> >>
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