large old codebase

[hargi]

Looking for some tips.
I normally work on my own projects on small websites and web apps.

I have recently got a job working for a company as a developer, there is a few of us and they are really nice.
However the codebase is large and its a bit over whelming.

Just wondered how you experienced devs deal with getting to know a larger system and any tips on how to pick it up quicker

 

[hargi]

PHP with a really unkown framework. with a scattering of javascript in there to.
No real documentation or code comments. Even the fraimwork has little docs ( 1 page)

Theres a few seniors here that are happy to help me but dont want to be disturbing them all the time

 

[hargi]

Thanks for the replys.
So week in and I'm going through phases of thinking I am getting it then feeling like I am back at square one.

From speaking to a few the system has grown massively over the past few years. There is no real standards no documentation and code comments are very sparse.

I do have a local dev environment and database with dummy data in so I develop safely. However there is no tests other then user testing and to be honest I think even trying to impliment tests at this stage of the code would be lots more work then it would save.

There is massive functions with if statements in which I would have broke out into separate functions but its all like that so I will just have to suck it up and get used to it.

I have done a few error fixes and small additions which has helped. I think a big part of my problem what trying to understand it all to start with rather then just easing in.

Think also as I dont really understand the business workflow its making things more dificult