new_to_necko_resources.rst

New-to-Necko Resources - An Aggregation

This doc serves as a hub for resources/technologies a new-to-necko developer should get familiar with.

Code Generation and IPC

• IPC (Inter-Process Communication) and IPDL (Inter-Thread and Inter-Process Message Passing)

• IDL (Interface Description Language)

  • Implementing an interface (C++/JS)
  • XPCONNECT (scriptable/builtin)
  • QueryInterface (QI) - do_QueryInterface/do_QueryObject
  • do_GetService, do_CreateInstance

• WebIDL

Necko interfaces

• nsISupports <xpcom/base/nsISupports.idl>
• nsIRequest <netwerk/base/nsIRequest.idl> -> nsIChannel <netwerk/base/nsIChannel.idl> -> nsIHttpChannel <netwerk/protocol/http/nsIHttpChannel.idl>
• nsIRequestObserver <netwerk/base/nsIRequestObserver.idl> (onStart/onStopRequest)
• nsIStreamListener <netwerk/base/nsIStreamListener.idl> (onDataAvailable)
• nsIInputStream <xpcom/io/nsIInputStream.idl>/ nsIOutputStream <xpcom/io/nsIOutputStream.idl>

Libraries

• NSPR
• NSS
• PSM

Preferences

• all.js <modules/libpref/init/all.js>
• firefox.js <browser/app/profile/firefox.js>
• StaticPrefList.yaml <modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml>

Debugging

• HTTP Logging

Testing

• xpcshell
• mochitest
• web-platform
• gtest
• marionette

See also

• E10S (Electrolysis) -> Split HttpChannel into: HttpChannelChild & HttpChannelParent
• Fission -> Site isolation