This introduces the first TypeScript-authored file that also makes use of TypeScript features. To do so, we have to perform several steps: 1. Move the `formatter_worker` typescript files into a new template called `devtools_module`. This template takes care of running TypeScript and copying the files it generates to `resources/inspector`. (The latter can be removed when we are in a position to do so) 2. Move the files out of `all_devtools_modules` into (yet another) GN variable. We should clean this up by using the `grd_file_group`, which is possible with an integration with `devtools_module`. However, for simplicity's sake I decided to fix that in a follow-up. The integration of `devtools_module` with the GRD action script would then finally allow us to remove the duplication of all of these file strings in multiple places. 3. To make sure that the buildgraph remains intact, we have to perform the copy-step after the typescript-step. However, this means we need to use a different name than `target_name` for the typescript compilation. We run into issues there, as the project references assume that the names are the full folder names (e.g. `../formatter_worker`). If we would then use a different name for the `ts_library` action, then we generate a `tsconfig.json` with the wrong name. To counteract that, introduce a (temporary) `typescript_config_name` where we can explicitly set the name of the `tsconfig.json` that we generate. This is not ideal and I am still thinking of a better alternative, but haven't figured out a solution yet. DISABLE_THIRD_PARTY_CHECK=Typescript fixes R=aerotwist@chromium.org,jacktfranklin@chromium.org Bug: 1098730 Change-Id: I1457067845cdedbc7d4ce6a80c12d7943b67087c Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/devtools/devtools-frontend/+/2282809 Reviewed-by: Jack Franklin <jacktfranklin@chromium.org> Commit-Queue: Tim van der Lippe <tvanderlippe@chromium.org>
DevTools Scripts
Development workflow scripts
These are scripts that can be useful to run independently as you're working on Chrome DevTools front-end.
The newer scripts such as for testing and hosted mode are written in Node.js, which has become the standard toolchain for web apps. The older scripts such as building (e.g. bundling and minifying) are written in Python, which has first-class support in Chromium's infrastructure.
Overview
Folders
- build - Python package for generating DevTools debug and release mode
- chrome_debug_launcher - automagically finds Chrome Canary and launches it with debugging flags (e.g. remote debugging port)
- closure - see section on Closure Compiler below
- gulp - experimental build process written in node.js & gulp to remove the dependency on Chromium-specific build tools (i.e. gn and ninja)
- hosted_mode - run DevTools on a localhost development server
- jsdoc_validator - enforces the use of Closure type annotations
Python Scripts
- compile_frontend.py - runs closure compiler to do static type analysis
- Note: the compiled outputs are not actually used to run DevTools
- lint_javascript.py - run eslint
- optimize_svg_images.py - manually run when changing svg images
Node.js scripts
The easiest way to run the node.js scripts is to use npm run which displays all the commands. For more information on the specific npm run commands, take a look at the primary devtools front-end readme (../readme.md).
Closure
DevTools manually rolls the closure compiler to ./closure. If you manually roll closure compiler, you will need to re-generate the closure_runner (in ./closure) and jsdoc_validator custom jars using the python scripts in their respective directory.