7 Steps to Learn New Codebases Efficiently!
How many times have you found yourself lost in a new large and unfamiliar codebase, and didn't know how to break into it?
You are wondering if your way of navigating a new codebase and learning it is good enough? And if there are any better techniques you can use to understand this codebase and any legacy code efficiently?
In this video, we'll go over some of the Best Practices we can apply when meeting an unfamiliar codebase, by walking through a detailed example in project Lyra.
We'll go over getting familiar with the project, reading the documentation, defining a goal to learn, playing and tweaking values, diving into code, using the debugger, taking notes, and drawing a dependency graph to summarize our findings.
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Resources:
https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1027865...
https://understandlegacycode.com/gett...
https://understandlegacycode.com/blog...
https://danicfilip.com/2017/how-to-re...
• BEST WAY to read and understand code
• "How to Read Complex Code" by Dr Felienne ...
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/edu...
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:25 Getting familiar with the project features
02:55 Defining a Small Specific Task
04:15 Reading the Docs
06:50 Diving into the Code from its Edges (Ammo Logic)
07:35 Finding a good entry point (Digging)
08:55 Using Debugging tools to understand code flow (Breaking)
11:35 Taking Notes and Breaks
12:15 Diving into the Code from its Edges (Cheat Code)
13:45 Testing our solution
14:15 Asking Questions
14:55 Drawing a Mental Map or a Dependency Graph
16:10 Conclusion
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