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Comment on Ask HN: How do you understand a new app and its codebase?

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IMO:

First step is to always be a user of the app and get used to the features of the app and if you are a software engineer, you will intuitively understand how the that feature is implemented.

Second, you can read tests for that project.

Third, if the app is for internal usage, you can talk to the customers directly on how they use it. If it is public facing, you can talk to your PM.

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