Real World Mozilla Day 2

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Real World Mozilla > Day 2

Contents 1 Overview 2 Location 3 Agenda 4 Resources 4.1 IRC 4.2 Make and Makefiles 4.3 Version Control 4.4 Mozilla Build

Overview

The second day is focused on issues surrounding the Mozilla build process. This includes version control, build tools, environment setup, and eventually building Firefox.

Location

T4046/T4042

Agenda

Time	Activity
10:00 - 10:30	Review of Mozilla Technologies and IRC.
10:30 - 11:00	Introduction to make and makefiles.
11:00 - 12:00	Lab: Writing a simple makefile.
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	Version Control using CVS and SVN.
2:00 - 4:00	Lab: Building Firefox from source.

Resources

IRC

• irssi
• irssi+screen
• Irssi Tutorial

Make and Makefiles

• GNU Make Manual
• Make Tutorial

Version Control

• CVS on-line book
• SVN on-line book
• TortoiseSVN Windows client
• SVN Sandbox on CDOT

Mozilla Build

• Mozilla Build Documentation for Developers (MDC)
• Explanation of how the Mozilla build works (MDC)
• On-line lecture by J. Paul Reed at Seneca on the Mozilla Build
• On-line lecture by Rob Helmer at Seneca on the Mozilla Build and Release process