Ask HN: How do you read code?

2 pointsnsomaru4 comments

My main tools are vim and the command-line (OS X/Ubuntu), but I'm still relatively inexperienced.

Languages include Python, Ruby, Django Templates, HAML and HTML

If you mean in the 'code reading' sense, I often just use GitHub directly. Reduces the friction down to almost zero.

so you sync all of your own code with a GitHub repo?

That's what I couldn't quite infer from your question, whether you meant "code reading" or just the reading of code. I was referring to "code reading", a la http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Reading or often called code "safaris." It's where you read other people's code to learn things. If that's not what you meant, sorry :-)

I meant any code -- one's own, or others.

I'll try GitHub out for reading others' code, thanks for your reply

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