Comments on: Code Spelunking Techniques http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/ Alex Miller's technical blog Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:07:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Patrick Smacchia http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-35565 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:45:33 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-35565 There are now some tools that can help a lot understanding a code base. Have a look at this features of the tool NDepend for example: http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx There are now some tools that can help a lot understanding a code base. Have a look at this features of the tool NDepend for example:
http://www.ndepend.com/Features.aspx

]]> by: TechMount » Archive » Daily Friction #289 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-9509 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:04:25 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-9509 [...] Code Spelunking Techniques - Alex Miller talks about a few ways to get started with an unfamiliar codebase. [...] […] Code Spelunking Techniques - Alex Miller talks about a few ways to get started with an unfamiliar codebase. […]

]]> by: Michael Easter http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-8903 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:04:25 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-8903 Great analogy (re: code spelunking). I hope to blog on this as well, but for now: @ Mark B. It seems pretty easy to abstract these ideas for non-OO projects. e.g. All projects have some kind of organization. Also, the code base can probably be categorized either into layers (surely) or into similar categories (configuration, resources), even if the "units" aren't members of a class. Finally, debugging (or tracing) a program is almost universal, no? (an exception being something like a realtime system but that's a whole new world of hurt). Great analogy (re: code spelunking).

I hope to blog on this as well, but for now:

@ Mark B. It seems pretty easy to abstract these ideas for non-OO projects. e.g. All projects have some kind of organization. Also, the code base can probably be categorized either into layers (surely) or into similar categories (configuration, resources), even if the “units” aren’t members of a class. Finally, debugging (or tracing) a program is almost universal, no? (an exception being something like a realtime system but that’s a whole new world of hurt).

]]> by: Alex http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-8583 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:20:47 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-8583 Unfortunately, I don't program in all programming language paradigms regularly so I don't know. :) If you do, please blog it! Unfortunately, I don’t program in all programming language paradigms regularly so I don’t know. :) If you do, please blog it!

]]> by: Mark Bradley http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-8576 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:15:57 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2007/09/18/spelunking/#comment-8576 This may be good for OO based languages, but what techniques can be applied to all programming language paradigms? This may be good for OO based languages, but what techniques can be applied to all programming language paradigms?

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