Blogs/articles about reading source code

source-code-links.md

Learning how to read source code has become a hobby of mine lately (and a painful one at that). In the course of my reading I have come across a number of blogs and articles on the subject which have been helpful, so I thought I'd create a gist to keep track of them and also share them easily.

How to read source code

• http://blog.ezyang.com/2012/04/use-the-source-dont-read-it/
• http://wiki.c2.com/?TipsForReadingCode
• http://www.skorks.com/2010/05/why-i-love-reading-other-peoples-code-and-you-should-too/
• https://github.com/aredridel/how-to-read-code/blob/master/how-to-read-code.md
• https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/csliu/2009/03/04/how-to-read-source-code/
• https://selftaughtcoders.com/how-to-quickly-and-effectively-read-other-peoples-code/
• http://www.gigamonkeys.com/code-reading/
• http://pythonpracticeprojects.com/how-to-read-source-code.html
• http://teropa.info/build-your-own-angular/

General thoughts about source code

• https://blog.codinghorror.com/learn-to-read-the-source-luke/
• https://medium.freecodecamp.org/what-i-learned-from-reading-the-redux-source-code-836793a48768
• https://jvns.ca/blog/2014/12/29/on-reading-the-source-code-not-the-docs/
• http://lifehacker.com/learn-to-code-by-breaking-someone-elses-code-1442438673
• https://www.hanselman.com/blog/GivenILikeReadingSourceCodeByTheFireWithMySmokingJacketAndBrandySnifterAListOfBooks.aspx
• https://shekhargulati.com/category/code-reading/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7602237
• http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/3-misunderstandings-about-code-review-that-are-slowing-you-down

Debugging your app by reading source code

• https://blog.codinghorror.com/learn-to-read-the-source-luke/

Tools for reading source code

• https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-practice-for-reading-source-code (the first answer)
• https://medium.com/@egraether/why-working-on-chrome-made-me-develop-a-tool-for-reading-source-code-7111ba21a6f0
• https://thorstenlorenz.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/reading-source-code-on-ipad-with-syntax-highlighting/
• https://j11y.io/javascript/under-jquerys-bonnet/
• http://ashkenas.com/docco/
• http://annotated-code.maryrosecook.com/ (really cool example of annotating the source code of all the web apps you've created)

Reading node.js source code

• https://medium.com/@Trott/a-quick-guide-to-reading-node-js-core-source-c968d83e4194

Reading jQuery source code

• https://quickleft.com/blog/18-surprises-from-reading-jquery-s-source-code/

8Reading Ruby on Rails source code

• https://simonecarletti.com/blog/2009/09/inside-ruby-on-rails-reading-source-code/
• http://www.rubyinside.com/ruby-mri-code-walk-tour-6020.html
• https://benmccormick.org/2015/06/08/how-jquery-works-an-introduction/
• https://www.sitepoint.com/reading-ruby-professional-development/
• http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/12/read-the-source-luke-a-readers-guide-to-the-rails-source/

Reading Wordpress source code

• https://joshpress.net/read-the-source-luke/

Reading Chrome extensions source code

• https://www.howtogeek.com/198964/how-to-view-the-source-code-of-a-chrome-extension/

Reading Android source code

• https://techbeacon.com/how-master-android-what-developers-can-learn-21-apps

Reading Slack source code

• https://twolfson.com/2015-07-31-slacks-source-code-is-beautiful

Reading Go source code

• https://geekon.tech/post/learning-networking-golang-net-package/

Verbal explanations of source code

• https://www.youtube.com/user/readthesource

Reading the Loopback framework source code

• http://madpow.com/insights/2017/6/loopback