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SpiderMonkey: The Mozilla JavaScript runtime 编辑

SpiderMonkey is Mozilla's JavaScript engine written in C and C++. It is used in various Mozilla products, including Firefox, and is available under the MPL2.

Standalone source code releases can be found on the Releases page.

Guides

Building

SpiderMonkey Build Documentation: How to get SpiderMonkey source code, build it, and run the test suite.

Using SpiderMonkey

Introduction to the JavaScript shell: Documentation of the command-line JavaScript shell, js.
JSAPI User Guide: This guide provides an overview of SpiderMonkey and describes how you can embed engine calls in your applications to make them JavaScript-aware.
JSAPI cookbook: Shows the JSAPI translation of some commonly used JavaScript expressions and statements.
GC Rooting Guide: Guide on how to write code compatible with the Generational GC in SpiderMonkey.
How to embed the JavaScript engine: An older tutorial about embedding SpiderMonkey.

Hacking on SpiderMonkey

New to SpiderMonkey: A guide to hacking on SpiderMonkey.
Setting up CDT to work on SpiderMonkey: How to configure Eclipse to work on the SpiderMonkey code.

Running Automated JavaScript Tests: How to run the JavaScript test suites.
Creating JavaScript tests: How to add tests to the JavaScript test suites.

Reference

JSAPI Reference: SpiderMonkey API reference.
JS Debugger API Reference: API reference for the Debugger object introduced in SpiderMonkey 1.8.6, which corresponds to Gecko 8.0 (Firefox 8.0 / Thunderbird 8.0 / SeaMonkey 2.5).
Bytecode descriptions: Listing of SpiderMonkey's bytecodes.
Parser API: Reflection of the SpiderMonkey parser, made available as a JavaScript API.

Tips, tricks and philosophy

Future Directions: Future directions for functionality, design, and coding practices.
SpiderMonkey Internals: A design overview and a file-by-file walkthrough of the implementation.
Bytecode Reference: SpiderMonkey bytecode reference.
SpiderMonkey Internals: GC: Separate internals article on the GC
SpiderMonkey Internals: Hacking Tips: Collection of helpful tips & tools for hacking on the engine