Thank you Konstantin and Gyuyoung. That helped me debug more quickly.
On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 11:09 PM, Gyuyoung Kim <gyuyoung....@webkit.org> wrote: > >> 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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