I looked at the XUL tree and seems like it would be appropriate for displaying this type of information. I plan to spend some more time to understand Firebug's existing UI to see if I can get something going. Basically, I'll be working along creating a separate panel which will have a call tree display akin to the current DOM or HTML panels.
Regards, Manoj On Nov 17, 5:44 pm, John J Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something like this is feasible, you probably know the potential > problems. The two big ones are UI (as Honza suggested by asking) and > performance. The interesting cases for this kind of feature are large > complex systems which generate lots of call stack information. I > think a highly interactive tool would be more promising and fun, > versus batch processing record/playback. > > You might have to try a couple of approaches. Also the same technology > could be applied to get code coverage as well. > > jjb > > On Nov 14, 10:43 pm, Manoj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was wondering if it would be possible to enhance FB to capture and > > display runtime call graphs along with event information and XHR > > communication. The use for such an option would be to rapidly > > understand web application logic (especially when dealing with 3rd > > party applications) and be able to focus on the relevant script. > > > I've installed the trace enabled version and will be playing with it > > some more to gain a better understanding of the internals (FWIW, I'm a > > newbie to FF extension development, XUL etc.) I'm willing to invest > > my time into this and should be able to convince my employer as well. > > Would appreciate if someone more qualified can comment on the > > feasibility of such a project and/or point me in the right direction. > > > Thanks, > > Manoj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
