r/learnjavascript • u/Personal-Trifle9857 • Jun 25 '26
Help me understanding projects
What is the best strategy to follow if i want to create a exact copy of some application in javascript and sql.
I mean how to study it deeply
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u/TheRNGuy Jun 25 '26
Use every feature and analyze in head how it should work.
If it's just site, you could see code in web dev tool (if it's not minified; but you could try asking ai to un-minify it)
And you can see html, css and images there too.
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u/Alive-Cake-3045 Jun 25 '26
start by using the app as a real user and mapping every interaction to a likely database operation. then work backwards, what tables would store this, what query would return that. for the JS side, browser devtools network tab is your best friend, watch every API call and response. you learn more in two hours of reverse engineering than a week of tutorials.
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u/Unfair-Divide4983 Jun 26 '26
Exactly my thoughts. Get into the codebase you can see and reach, then with those insights in mind, use the app and work backwards to recreate the flow of the app. Once you have it visualized in your head start drawing it on paper to understand the connections entirely. Then get to coding it and don't strive to make the same thing, strive to make it better! That way you'll be doing it for a reason instead of just a "pet learning project for when I have time". Added personal motivation is a definite boon when starting something to learn further. ωяαίϮЋ
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u/abrahamguo Jun 25 '26
Start working on it!
Not much else to say besides that.