[Swift-devel] Understanding the Swift Codebase

[Justin M Wozniak]

Hi Ketan
 	I think the best thing to do is check out the code using 
command-line tools and open things up in Eclipse.  Project files for 
Eclipse are in the repos to make things a bit easier.  Let us know how 
that goes and if there are ...
 	As far as understanding the code, I would look at the tests 
directories and work your way through those.  The entry points to the 
language level functionality are in classes named Loader.  Using Eclipse 
to step through the first few operations is a great way to start.
 	I actually started a wiki page about Swift/Eclipse/SVN back in the 
Spring but kind of ran out of ideas on what to add to it- feel free to 
contribute:

http://www.ci.uchicago.edu/wiki/bin/view/SWFT/EclipseNotes

 	Justin

On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Ketan Maheshwari wrote:

> Hello Swift Developers,
>
> My name is Ketan.
>
> I am initiating this conversation to ask some questions to begin
> understanding the Swift code and the overall structure of the codebase.
>
> Is the codebase suited to an IDE such as Eclipse or Netbeans?
>
> Is there a recommended point from where I can start understanding the code.
>
> My special interest lies in the aspects of workflow translation to low level
> representation and classes handling the input data and dataflow across the
> activities in a Swift workflow.
>
> Regards,
> Ketan
>

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Justin M Wozniak