Hi,
On 4/14/15 1:44 AM, Alex Xandra Albert Sim wrote:
I am a newbie researcher interested in writing a research paper about
browser engine's architecture. There's already papers written about
this, for example:
http://grosskurth.ca/papers/browser-refarch.pdf
http://grosskurth.ca/papers/browser-archevol-20060619.pdf
You will also find this article which is frequently referenced when
talking about browser architecture:
http://taligarsiel.com/Projects/howbrowserswork1.htm
but it's for older browsers. I am planning on writing papers for a more
modern architecture like the current (and next) Webkit, Servo, etc. As I
understand by searching from this and other mailing list, Webkit have no
documented architecture other than the code (CMIIW).
That is right.
The architecture of WebKit evolves constantly. Documentation ends up
going stale quickly and becomes misleading.
For documentation, the project as a whole aims as using self-documenting
code and self-contained modules instead of prose.
My question is, is it ok if I write one paper regarding this,
documenting WebKit's architecture in the process? And if it is OK,
should I ask question about the architecture here or on webkit-dev when
I have question?
You are absolutely welcome to study WebKit and write a paper. Several
researchers are working on various part of WebKit and they are doing
some amazing work.
If you have technical questions, you can try webkit-dev.
Benjamin
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