32. Getting Started in a New Codebase

• Chris’s new job
• cloc lines of code counting tool
• Atom
  • go-plus: An Improved Go Experience For The Atom Editor
  • go-debug: A go debugger for atom using delve.
• Tweet by supermoof: when you start a new programming job you have to walk right up to the biggest function in the yard and refactor it in front of everyone
• Episode 18: Code Review
• Chris’s group on GitHub:
  • https://github.com/zmap
  • https://github.com/censys

Chris’s initial techniques for new codebases:

1. Try the app first, to figure out its capabilities
2. Document the weird things you find along the way
3. Open up the main file and explore
4. Project wide search