Development guides

This document is a top-level entry point to all of Fuchsia documentation related to developing Fuchsia and software running on Fuchsia.

Developer workflow

This sections describes the workflows and tools for building, running, testing and debugging Fuchsia and programs running on Fuchsia.

• Getting started - This document covers getting the source, building and running Fuchsia.
• Source code
• fx workflows
• Pushing a package
• Working across different petals
• Build system
• Workflow tips and FAQ
• Testing FAQ

Languages

• README - Language usage in Fuchsia
• C/C++
• Dart
• FIDL
• Go
• Rust
• Python
• Flutter modules - how to write a graphical module using Flutter
• New language - how to bring a new language to Fuchsia

API

• README - Developing APIs for Fuchsia
• API Council - Definition of the API council
• System - Rubric for designing the Zircon System Interface
• FIDL API - Rubric for designing FIDL protocols
• FIDL style - FIDL style rubric
• C - Rubric for designing C library interfaces
• Tools - Rubrics for designing developer tools
• Devices - Rubric for designing device interfaces

ABI

• System - Describes scope of the binary-stable Fuchsia System Interface

SDK

• SDK - information about developing the Fuchsia SDK

Hardware

This section covers Fuchsia development hardware targets.

• Intel NUC
• Khadas VIM3

Drivers

This section covers developing drivers on Fuchsia.

• Getting started

Testing

• Debugging workflow
• Fuzz testing with LibFuzzer
• Test components
• Test environments
• Testability rubrics
• Test flake policy
• Testing Isolated Cache Storage
• Host-target interaction tests
• Testing for Flakiness in CQ

Conventions

This section covers Fuchsia-wide conventions and best practices.

• Documentation standards
• Endian policy

Tracing

• Fuchsia tracing system
• Tracing guides

Internationalization

• Internationalization, localization and input methods

Miscellaneous

• CTU analysis in Zircon
• Packet capture
• Editor configurations
• Using the Fuchsia Installer