Blink286

Chrome Blink Development and Debugging Guide


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The provided text offers a comprehensive guide to developing and debugging the Chrome Blink rendering engine. It outlines the essential commands and workflows, starting with setting up and updating the codebase using gclient sync and gclient runhooks. The document then details how to configure builds with GN, including commands like gn gen and gn args for tailoring build settings such as debug levels or component builds. Subsequently, it explains building Blink components with Ninja via autoninja, focusing on targets like blink_tests and blink_unittests, and the benefits of using Goma for distributed compilation. Finally, the text covers running various Blink tests, including run_web_tests.py for web platform verification and direct execution of C++ Google Tests (blink_unittests), while also providing tips for optimizing iteration speed and debugging techniques.


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