For a new code base, that I will be working on - First read documentation - On A3 paper, I draw what I understood, to me picture gives more clarity - Understand

For a new code base, that I will be working on - First read documentation - On A3 paper, I draw what I understood, to me picture gives more clarity - Understand the files/directory/toolchain structure etc. - Use ctags and cscope - Navigate by functionality For others, I skim through books/blogs/opensource code