SpiderMonkey

SpiderMonkey é o engine JavaScript da Mozilla escrito em C/C++. É usado em varios produtos Mozilla, incluindo Firefox, e está disponível sob a MPL2.

SpiderMonkey 38 é o release de código fonte standalone mais recente. É em sua maior parte o mesmo engine que vem no Firefox 38 (ESR). O código fonte completo está disponível aqui: https://people.mozilla.org/~sstangl/mozjs-38.2.1.rc0.tar.bz2

O próximo release será SpiderMonkey 45.

Documentation

General

SpiderMonkey Build Documentation: How to get SpiderMonkey source code, build it, and run the test suite.
Introduction to the JavaScript shell: How to get, build, and use the JavaScript shell.
Running Automated JavaScript Tests: How to run the JavaScript test suites.
Creating JavaScript tests: How to add tests to the JavaScript test suites.
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.

JSAPI

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 Phrasebook: Shows the JSAPI translation of some commonly used JavaScript expressions and statements.
JSAPI Reference: SpiderMonkey API reference.
GC Rooting Guide: Guide on how to write code compatible with the Generational GC in SpiderMonkey.
JS Debugger API Guide: A user guide to the new JavaScript Debugger API introduced in Gecko 8.0 (Firefox 8.0 / Thunderbird 8.0 / SeaMonkey 2.5).
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).

Tips, tricks and philosophy

Future Directions: Future directions for functionality, design, and coding practices.
How to embed the JavaScript engine: A bare-bones tutorial about embedding SpiderMonkey.
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: Thread Safety: How SpiderMonkey's request model works inside
SpiderMonkey Internals: Hacking Tips: Collection of helpful tips & tools for hacking on the engine

Community

Join the user mailing list:

Join the internals mailing list:

Questions? Ask on IRC!

See also SpiderMonkey tag on StackOverflow.

Bugs? File them!