1 Using Trace Viewer Casually 2 ================================== 3 * [[Embedding-Trace-Viewer]] the trace-viewer in your own app. 4 * How to [[extend and customize|Extending-and-Customizing-Trace-Viewer]] the trace-viewer to suit your domain 5 6 Making Traces 7 ============= 8 * [Trace Event Format](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CvAClvFfyA5R-PhYUmn5OOQtYMH4h6I0nSsKchNAySU/edit?usp=sharing) if you want to generate traces yourself 9 * [py-trace-event](https://github.com/natduca/py_trace_event) for generating traces from python 10 * [Chrome's trace_event.h](http://src.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src/base/debug/trace_event.h) if you're in Chrome's ecosystem 11 * [ftrace](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/trace/ftrace.txt) for generating traces on Linux 12 13 Note: trace-viewer supports custom trace file formats. Just [[add an importer|Extending-and-Customizing-Trace-Viewer]] to trace viewer for your favorite file format. 14 15 Contributing New Stuff 16 ====================== 17 * Join our Google Groups: [trace-viewer](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/trace-viewer), [trace-viewer-bugs](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/trace-viewer-bugs) 18 * Learn how to start: [Contributing](https://github.com/catapult-project/catapult/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) 19 * Read the [Trace Viewer style guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MMOfywou2Oaho4jOttUk-ZSJcHVd5G5BTsD48rPrBtQ/edit) 20 * Pick a feature from the [tracing wish list](https://docs.google.com/a/chromium.org/document/d/1T1UJHIgImSEPSugCt2TFrkNsraBFITPHpYFGDJStePc/preview). 21 * Familiarize yourself with the [[Trace-Viewer's-Internals]] and our [[Trace-Viewer-Components]]. 22
