What algorithm should be used to study the browser code?

Question

Browsers

What algorithm should be used to study the browser code? I want to understand how Firefox works and disassemble open source code for the purpose of self-education.

Answer 1

Start off by learning enough C/C++ to write a basic html parser.

Answer 2

It should be noted that this is a very broad topic.
For an introduction, there is a good article How the browser works or what happens behind the scenes ...
You can study the operation of browsers with simpler examples:
Servo

Servo is a prototype web browser engine written in the Rust language. It is currently developed on 64bit OS X, 64bit Linux, Android, and Gonk (Firefox OS).

Answer 3

there are also official manuals
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Introduction

Answer 4

Sort the source files alphabetically and start learning one by one.