The MIT License is one of the most common open-source software license. The license gives “any person obtaining a copy of … the Software” A.K.A the general public, permission as well as the same protection of the copyright holders as long as all the conditions are met . This is one of the three great ideas […]
The purpose of this lab is to investigate basic C source code and analyze elf64-littleaarch64 files created by the gcc compiler.
To demonstrate the differences I created a simple hello world program in C and compiled it on an Seneca’s AARCH64 system “aarchie” .
Building Mozilla’s Firefox from source was definitely an experience on its own. This was my first time attempting to build a large open source project on my local machine. At first glance of the build instructions the process seemed to be simple and straightforward. You download Mozilla’s build tool, run a few commands, download the dependencies […]
Contributing to an open source project can be intimidating at first. You’re faced with thousands of files, directories, and programming languages you’ve probably never even heard of. Before you become overwhelmed, the first step to success is finding the project’s documentation. Every open source project sets their own standards and follow specific guidelines for development. […]
If you’ve been trying to build Firefox using the Mozilla build tool, you may have encountered the following mach build errors : Bug 1397263 seems to cause an issue with the latest version of Mozilla build and its support with MIDL imports. A workaround to successfully build: **Assuming you’ve already installed MozillaBuild 3.0 Latest In C:/mozilla-build […]
With powerful JavaScript frameworks on the rise, developers are able to build a wide range of applications. From short event handler implementations to large scale application development. JavaScript engines have gained widespread popularity among programmers. Along with JavaScripts new capabilities, large scale developers were experiencing a common issue. Considering that JavaScript is a dynamically typed […]