Architecture Overview

ChakraCore Architecture Overview

ChakraCore is split into four main parts: the JSRT embedding APIs, the parser, the engine runtime, and the engine backend.

JavaScript Runtime (JSRT)

For more information on JSRT, see the Embedding ChakraCore and JavaScript Runtime (JSRT) Overview documentation.

Parser

The parser handles parsing the standard JavaScript language.

Runtime

Once parsed, ChakraCore creates a bytecode which is passed to the interpreter.

The runtime components also cover the JS runtime API, the standard set of JavaScript API calls (eg Date.now()).

Backend

The ChakraCore backend handles JIT'ing code to various architectures.

TODO TODO TODO Questions:

• Are we missing major components?
• What are the key things to say in each major component?
• What are key subcomponents to cover to understand the codebase? (eg, I know I'm missing lots, including things like "the garbage collector and a brief overview of how it works")