How to navigate new codebases: Helpful tools and tips

About the talk

Be it an open source project or a codebase at work, entering a new existing codebase is hard, yet we’ve all been there. In this talk, we’ll cover some of the tools and approaches that I've developed over the years to do that effectively.

This talk will cover

  • Installing, running, and diagnosing first-run issues with the code
  • Dealing with dependencies, refactoring, and tests
  • Looking things up and asking for help effectively
  • Making things better for the next person onboarding onto the codebase
Testing & Development Tools

About the speaker

Ramón Huidobro

Ramón is a Developer Relations Strategist at Suborbital with over a decade of experience in software engineering. He dedicates significant time in organizing conferences and speaking because he believes in community and empowering others in tech.

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