Ask HN: What do you do when you join a new team with an existing codebase?

3 pointsv3gas6y ago1 comments

Do you

- look at the tests?

- pick a function and follow it in a debugger?

- pick a task and figure out how to implement it?

- pair program?

- etc

Personally, I've found picking a task and start doing it is helpful

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I wrote a whole blog post about that:

Tldr:

* Do a high level scan

* Dive deep on one part

* Use the scientific method. Create small experiments to help you build your intuition about the system.

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