My Favorite Way to Learn a New Codebase

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Augment Code is awesome for large codebases (try it out for free): https://www.augmentcode.com/?utm_source=forrestknight&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=influencer I often have to learn new codebases, so I figured I'd share how I actually do it after years of chaos. And now that I have a bit of a method to my madness, hopping into an existing 100k+ line codebase is more so organized chaos. 0:00 overview 0:58 read the docs 3:42 poke around the codebase 4:12 make docs with augment code 5:26 use the software 6:02 quick recap 6:15 what code does a specific thing (a user interaction) 7:29 ask augment code to explain 8:55 mental model 9:08 official augment code integration 10:24 have teammates assign you tasks 11:05 if no teammates, have augment code make a task for you 12:28 write tests for the codebase 12:43 recap 12:58 pair programming 14:16 take notes 14:41 don’t only casually learn the codebase 15:26 rinse and repeat 16:26 contribute to docs 16:48 understand the domain 17:30 understand why we’re building something and completing a specific task 17:51 teach it If you're a developer, sign up to my free newsletter Dev Notes 👉 https://www.devnotesdaily.com/ If you're a student, checkout my Notion template Studious: https://notionstudent.com Don't know why you'd want to follow me on other socials. I don't even post. But here you go. 🐱‍🚀 GitHub: https://github.com/forrestknight 🐦 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/forrestpknight 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrestpknight 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forrestpknight