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// WSDG Chapter Build Introduction
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== Introduction
[[ChCodeOverview]]
=== Source overview
Wireshark consists of the following major parts:
* Packet dissection - in the _/epan/dissector_ and _/plugin/\*_ directories
* File I/O - using Wireshark’s own wiretap library
* Capture - using the libpcap/winpcap library, in _/wiretap_
* User interface - using Qt and associated libraries
* Utilities - miscellaneous helper code
* Help - using an external web browser and text output
[[ChCodeStyle]]
=== Coding Style
The coding style guides for Wireshark can be found in the "Code style"
section of the file _doc/README.developer_.
[[ChCodeGLib]]
=== The GLib library
GLib is used as a basic platform abstraction library. It doesn't provide
any direct GUI functionality.
To quote the GLib Reference Manual:
____
GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and
applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the
main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and
common data structures.
____
GLib contains lots of useful things for platform independent development.
See https://developer.gnome.org/glib/[] for details about GLib.
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