Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use to understand big code-base?
by _shadi on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @04:04AM
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in addition to what was already suggested I use a notebook and a pen to keep track of interesting classes and write notes about them, like sort of an index, and I draw few flow charts.
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Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use to understand big code-base?
by tmm84 on Friday March 22, 2019 @12:11AM
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I used to be this way. I found that working in an editor using asciidoc/markdown is way easier for me. Copy/paste is faster than pen/paper. Also, I can write down notes and snippets of code to make life easier when I am trying to show someone what is going on in the source. Another advantage is I edit things to reflect the current state of the source and not get messed up by older notes/writings.