As developers, we spend quite a few time learning to compose code, while spending small to no time learning to read code. Meanwhile, we frequently spend more time reading code than actually writing it. Shouldn’t we be spending at least the same amount of time and effort improving this skill? Deliberate practice can aid us get better at reading code. Learning how to better read and realize code, can in turn teach us what makes code readable. This might even aid us to compose code that is easier to read.
In this talk we will discuss the benefits of deliberately practicing reading code in a code reading club or session without an IDE, as well as common strategies to navigate a fresh codebase and familiarise ourselves with the code utilizing the IDE.
