Whenever you join a new project you ask yourself: how to quickly understand the new codebase so that I can start contributing as soon as possible? In this video I'm showing a few steps and I'm presenting how I learn a new codebase using Forem (engine used for dev.to) as an example.
Reading code is an important skill for every software engineer and by learning how to quickly get a grasp of new project you'll improve your programming skills and you'll become a better, more productive software developer.
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🎥 Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Click around the app
1:01 Documentation matters!
1:42 2 types of dependencies
3:05 Look into the data
4:40 Start exploring, start changing
6:09 Demo time - click around the app
9:08 Demo time - read the docs
11:08 Demo time - dependencies
14:40 Demo time - into the database
17:12 Demo time - understand Forem's feed algorithm
22:04 Summary
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