There are two primary categories of tools. Assuming you cloned depot_tools to /path/to/depot_tools (note: you must use the absolute path or Python will not be able to find infra tools): $ export PATH='$PATH:/path/to/depot_tools' git clone Īdd depot_tools to the end of your PATH (you will probably want to put this in your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc). The Chromium depot_tools suite contains many tools to assist/augment the Chromium development environment. I assume you have a 64-bit Mac running 10.14+ and you installed Xcode 11+ĭepot_tools is a collection of tools for dealing with Chromium development. We are ready to use VSCode, let’s get chromium code and start playing with its source code.

vscode-icons: again, chromium repo is huge, this great extension iconize your explorer.

IntelliJ IDEA Keybindings : For IntelliJ users again to feel more comfortable with your shortcuts.

Bookmarks: Chromium repo is huge, you will need it :).

Darcula Theme : For developers migrated from IntelliJ IDEs.

Visual Studio Code Installationįollow the steps on to run it on you Mac. So, the outline will be same with that post that contains my additional notes only. So, I want to share my chromium development experiences starting with setting up a development environment, useful extensions for vs-code, usage tips and any addition to the post that chromium developers shared.

I found this post from Chromium developers which is very helpful to setup a dev env for myself.

What actually triggered me to start migration was that I needed to play with chromium codebase and I needed to look for a suitable development environment. It is free, feeling lighter than other IDEs I used to use, works for any language. Today, I finished migrating all my development (except Android projects) to Visual Studio Code. I have been thinking switching to Visual Studio Code for a long time.

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