>> From reading the documentation on using WebKit, it seems that I need to build the entire codebase by running build-webkit each time I want to test a new change I made. Given that it takes about 90 min to run the build on my laptop, this seems like an inefficient way of developing webkit.
>Incremental rebuilds usually take much less time. If you're using WebKit GTK port, there are some tips to speed up build time. - https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/WebKitGTK/SpeedUpBuild gyuyoung. On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 5:39 AM, Konstantin Tokarev <annu...@yandex.ru> wrote: > > > 24.07.2016, 23:08, "Lay Kuan Loh" <l...@andrew.cmu.edu>: > > Hi all, > > > > Newcomer to webkit here. > > You're welcome :) > > > > > I am trying to modify WebKit for my own purposes. I do not plan to ship > my modifications to the official codebase. > > If you accidentally make (whatever small) improvements which can be useful > for other WebKit users, please consider upstreaming them. Every little > piece counts. > > > > > How would I check that the changes I make to WebKit did not break > anything? For instance, I am making changes to the > file WebKit/Source/WebCore/dom/Element.cpp and would like to test them > incrementally. > > You need to run Layout Tests. Read articles from > https://trac.webkit.org/wiki#LayoutTests > > You don't need to run all tests at once, run-webkit-tests allows you to > specify directory or individual test files. > > > > > From reading the documentation on using WebKit, it seems that I need to > build the entire codebase by running build-webkit each time I want to test > a new change I made. Given that it takes about 90 min to run the build on > my laptop, this seems like an inefficient way of developing webkit. > > Incremental rebuilds usually take much less time. > > > > > I am trying to modify WebKit for my own purposes. I do not plan to ship > my modifications to the official codebase. > > > > How would I check that the changes I make to WebKit did not break > anything? For instance, I am making changes to the > file WebKit/Source/WebCore/dom/Element.cpp and would like to test them > incrementally. > > > > From reading the documentation on using WebKit, it seems that I need to > build the entire codebase by running build-webkit each time I want to test > a new change I made. Given that it takes about 90 min to run the build on > my laptop, this seems like an inefficient way of developing webkit. > > > > Am I missing something obvious, on how to speed up testing my changes to > WebKit? I've googled around but for some reason can't find any clear > instructions on doing this. > > > > I've also posted the same question to stack overflow here. > > > > Thanks! > > , > > > > _______________________________________________ > > webkit-help mailing list > > webkit-help@lists.webkit.org > > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-help > > > -- > Regards, > Konstantin > _______________________________________________ > webkit-help mailing list > webkit-help@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-help >
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