DevTools/GetInvolved

This page is the place to learn how to start contributing to the Firefox Developer Tools.

Firefox Developer Tools are themselves developed by the Mozilla community. We focus on building tools that enable web (and mobile web) developers, addon developers, and Firefox developers. We hope this page will help you become an active member of our community!

If after reading this wiki page, you still aren't sure what you're next steps are, please reach out to us on [#Communication IRC].

Communication

• Follow us on twitter: @FirefoxDevTools
• Developer tools discussion takes place on the dev-developer-tools newsgroup/mailing list.
• Join us on #devtools on irc.mozilla.org
• Blog posts pop up on Mozilla Hacks from time to time.
• Join us during one of our weekly phone calls

Reporting Issues

To report a bug or suggest a feature to the devtools, file a bug in the Developer Tools component on Mozilla's Bugzilla.

Hacking

Getting the Source

Simply follow the instructions on how to build Firefox, except that you will need to use:

hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/integration/fx-team

Instead of:

hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central

Resources

Here's a list of resources that you may find useful for hacking on DevTools. Feel free to add more if you find things are missing!

• MXR Code Search
• Mercurial FAQ
• mach
• Bugzilla 101
• Commit access policy
• Mozillians Directory
• Try Server

Mentored Bugs

Unassigned, Mentored Bugs

If you want to pick one of these up, feel free to ask for help in attacking the bug right in the bug itself, in #devtools on irc.mozilla.org, or on the dev-developer-tools mailing list!

One more useful link: all open developer tools bugs might have other items you'd find interesting to work on.