Development for package:dds

One way to get stdout from files in DDS while debugging is to log messages to a file. You can add a method such as:

void _fileLog(String message) {
  final file = File('/tmp/dds.log');
  if (!file.existsSync()) {
    file.createSync();
  }
  file.writeAsStringSync(
'''
$message
''',
    mode: FileMode.append,
    flush: true,
  );
}

Then you can call _fileLog('some print debugging message'), and the log message will be written to a temp file.

To get logging output in real time, run tail -f /tmp/dds.log.

Running DDS tests

From the $DART_SDK_ROOT directory, run:

 dart --packages=.dart_tool/package_config.json pkg/dds/test/path/to/your_test.dart

Making changes to package:dds and package:devtools_shared

If you do not need to build the Dart SDK to test your changes, you can add a dependency_overrides for devtools_shared that points to your local devtools_shared directory from path:

dependency_overrides:
  devtools_shared:
    path: ../../relative_path_to/devtools/packages/devtools_shared

If you do need to build the Dart SDK to test your changes, in addition to adding the dependency override above, you will need to add a symbolic link to your local devtools_shared directory:

From the $DART_SDK_ROOT directory, run:

rm -rf third_party/devtools/devtools_shared;
ln -s /absolute_path_to/devtools/packages/devtools_shared third_party/devtools/devtools_shared

WARNING: do not run gclient sync -D while the symbolic link is present, as this could cause issues with your local devtools_shared code.

To delete the symbolic link after you are done with development, run:

rm -rf third_party/devtools/devtools_shared

Making changes to package:dds and devtools_app

To test any changes made in devtools_app, you will need to first build DevTools.

• If you have not already, make sure to set-up your DevTools development environment so that you can use the devtools_tool command.

• Then build DevTools with devtools_tool build.

In the SDK, add a symbolic link to your local devtools/packages/devtools_app/build/web directory.

From the $DART_SDK_ROOT directory, run:

rm -rf third_party/devtools/web;
ln -s /absolute_path_to/devtools/devtools/packages/devtools_app/build/web third_party/devtools/web

WARNING: do not run gclient sync -D while the symbolic link is present, as this could cause issues with your local devtools_app code.

Then, build the Dart SDK.

From the $DART_SDK_ROOT directory, run:

./tools/build.py -mrelease -ax64 create_sdk

To delete the symbolic link after you are done with development, run:

WARNING: do not run gclient sync -D while the symbolic link is present, as this could cause issues with your local devtools_app code.

rm -rf third_party/devtools/web

Then, run gclient sync to pull down the checked in version of DevTools.