--- title: Getting Started in a New Codebase | daily.dev description: The first step is familiarizing yourself with the codebase, and it can be daunting. Here are some tips to help you hit the ground running. If you're unable to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Getting Started in a New Codebase | daily.dev og:description: The first step is familiarizing yourself with the codebase, and it can be daunting. Here are some tips to help you hit the ground running. If you're unable to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gtAi6jW5H.png og:image:alt: Getting Started in a New Codebase og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Getting Started in a New Codebase **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@abbeyperini](https://daily.dev/abbeyperini) · 6 min read · 18 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The first step is familiarizing yourself with the codebase, and it can be daunting. Here are some tips to help you hit the ground running. If you're unable to get the project running based on the information you have, you can help mitigate the problem now, before the next developer is onboarded. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Getting Started in a New Codebase","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h"},"datePublished":"2023-08-18T01:26:45.505Z","dateModified":"2023-08-18T22:00:08.130Z","description":"The first step is familiarizing yourself with the codebase, and it can be daunting. Here are some tips to help you hit the ground running. If you're unable to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ec2044f2b41689876db03a749e737377?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ec2044f2b41689876db03a749e737377?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Abbey Perini","url":"https://daily.dev/abbeyperini","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto/v1647088861/avatars/IL8LJpcUBpelpjIRbZPfh","description":"💻 Full-stack web developer, crafter, ✍️ blogger, cosplayer, 🧶 fiber artist, yoga teacher, and 🎮 gamer","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":670}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-in-a-new-codebase-gtai6jw5h","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":18},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev,github","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Getting Started in a New Codebase"}]} ```