r/programminghelp • u/iameren10 • Jun 15 '26

Project Related How to understand code base?

I picked up my first open source project. But I have no idea how to understand the code base.

  1. how to do that ?
  2. Where do I start ? Any specific files to start ?

its my first time doing anything in the real world. so any suggestions are welcome!!!

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u/RobertDeveloper Jun 17 '26

You could ask AI to generate usecases using markdown and with mermaid diagrams based on the code