WebKit is C++. Chromium uses WebKit as its rendering engine, through a Chromium WebKit API. It uses Skia (open source) as its graphic engine - I believe it is replacing Cairo. It uses V8 (open source) as its JavaScript engine - which replaces JavaScriptCore\SquirrelFish Extreme.
☆PhistucK On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 17:39, Yves <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently stumbled upon WebKit.NET, a .NET wrapper and MSHTML > replacement for the .NET platform. I downloaded everything I need, > then built the WebKit source from svn.webkit.org and then built the > WebKit.NET C# solution. I have also contacted the WebKit.NET author > regarding a few questions about it all, mostly what's already > supported and what not. He answered me that the WebKit Windows port > with Cairo isn't very mature yet. Cairo is used as an open-source > replacement for all the libs that Apple has put in their Safari > browser. > > Now I'm puzzled because Google Chrome is somehow based on WebKit (from > what I've found) and it probably doesn't use non-open Apple libs like > QuickTime. And Google Chrome is supposed to be a stable and mature > browser, at least there is such a branch. And Chromium is the very > same as Google Chrome, just without "Google" in it, right? Then what's > the difference between Chromium (or Chromium's version/port of WebKit) > and WebKit itself that makes it open and stable? Is Cairo somewhere > used in it? What is the relationship between Chromium and WebKit > anyway? I've read the Chromium Wiki and its en.wikipedia.org article > but I wasn't able to find out such basic information. It all starts > with how to build it but omits to say what it is and what it consists > of. > > Can someone clarify this for me, please? > > Then I'm also wondering whether a WebKit wrapper for .NET should use > Apple's original version of WebKit or whether it's probably better to > build upon Chromium's work. Does WebKit include some kind of image > codecs or do I need Cairo or something for it? Could I just save space > and let the comprehensive .NET framework handle some of the work? My > WebKit build is currently 26 MB (7z-compressed 6 MB), most of which > looks like Unicode support that could also be done by .NET... > > -- > Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] > View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss
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