DevTools/GetInvolved
Following Along
Our developer tools appear on the Mozilla Hacks site from time-to-time (Hacks is a great resource for web developers in general!)
We also tweet from @FirefoxDevTools!
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
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.
Getting In Touch
- Developer tools discussion currently takes place on the dev-developer-tools newsgroup/mailing list.
- join us on #devtools on irc.mozilla.org
- join us during one of our weekly phone calls
- ping the team on twitter: @FirefoxDevTools or DevTools members list.