Velvet_leopard

Hey there. I am in need of finding a tutorial or book about how to code a web browser in C/C++. I know C++ syntax and usage and can learn what little C I don't know. I really need to learn how to code a broswer, even just a simple one with no frills and can just see HTML. Right now that is a good start. I can upgrade the browser as I wish after I learned the basics of coding it and letting it connect. If anyone out there knows how to do this, I would be most appreciative. I don't want to build on a previous browser effort or modify and recompile a pre-existing mozilla/firefox build. From scratch is what I am trying to do. Thanks much.

uman

1. Use HTTP to get the data
2. Parse the HTML
3. Based on what you parsed, lay out the words, images, etc. on the page.

Pizentios

I doubt that you going to find a tutorial on "How to code a WebBrowser", instead look for a tutorial on how the http proticol works. Yeah i know i can't spell.

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Velvet_leopard

Okee. I got alot of info on HTTP Protocol and it is useful in teaching me the standards and such, but it doesn't say a thing about how to code a browser. I can code C++ if I knew the basics. Not just a short list of three steps: Use, Parse, Layout. That doesn't tell me much. I need to know HOW to do this, not just know what the standards are.

JPPLAY

You need to know these standards so your browser can interept the html etc and turn it into a webpage. You are basically making a program that can use these standards to make a webpage that easy to read and use by the user.

Velvet_leopard

Okee. Like I said earlier, I now have the HTTP standards and all the new updates to said standard. I know the standard. But it doesn't mean jack to me if it doesn't tell how to CODE anything to fit it. If I knew how to CODE a BROWSER, I could make it fit the standard. Obviously I have to make a program that makes webpage out of the data that the HTTP protocol transfers, but that still says jack about what kind of coding and what kind of actions I need to code. Of course you have to retrieve the data and parse it and put it to the screen. My question wasn't how the standard works or what the basic definition of a browser is. I obviously know this because I use one eveyday. I do get on the internet quite regularly. What I need is HOW TO CODE an application that can retrieve the data and display it. I already have and know the standard of HTTP. But that is still useless if I can't form some code inorder to even connect with the net. If anyone out there has any nfo on the actual coding of such an application, please help me out. This is an important project for me.

Moldz

Like someone mentioned before, you are going to have a hard time finding a tutorial or simple list of instructions on how to code a browser. I also don't think anyone here is going to tell you to create such-and-such object that has such-and-such functions.

Since you know so much about a browser, try thinking about how it works. For example, it gets an address from the user, connects to the server with a socket, sends a HTTP request (from the standards, such as "GET /index.html HTTP/1.1"), reads the HTTP response, separates the data, and displays it on the screen.

How do you do each step? Well that you will find help on. If you don't know network programming, ask for a tutorial. What do you send to the server and what do you get back? Read the RFC's. Ask direct questions and you will get direct answers.

And if even all that is not enough, try reading the code from browsers such as Firefox to get an idea of how it works.

Pizentios

yeah, there are several broswers out there that are open sourced, and you can look at there code, and even modtify it.

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arod199113

how would be able to open mozzilla firefox in code?

Encryption

Ask them for the source
www.mozilla.org

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