To understand code, start with data. For database-driven applications, that means, read the DB schema first. For everything else, look at their in-memory equiv

To understand code, start with data. For database-driven applications, that means, read the DB schema first. For everything else, look at their in-memory equivalents. "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowchart; it'll be obvious." -- Fred Brooks, The Mythical Man Month (1975) "Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships." -- Linus Torvalds (2006)