Congratulations on getting your first development job! You need to stay calm and make sure that you do what it takes to get the task done. Since I don't know much about our task, these are some general suggestions.
Run the code base and get familiar with how to step into it through the debugger
If you don't understand something related to your given task, find a course on Udemy or another similar platform and go through it within a couple of days/weekend. If you're pressed on time, focus on the areas that are related to the task at hand.
Depending on your task, you can build something similar in an isolated application. For instance, if you need to introduce the React Context API, you can just watch related videos/articles/documentation and experiment with an isolated project that you build from the ground up and focus on that feature.
Set goals for yourself. Create a checklist if you have to and work off of that. If your task is due by the end of the week, spend a couple of days/nights experimenting with something related. You don't have to be working on the application all the time. The point is to get the task done by the due date. Make sure you set due dates.
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Congratulations on getting your first development job! You need to stay calm and make sure that you do what it takes to get the task done. Since I don't know much about our task, these are some general suggestions.
Run the code base and get familiar with how to step into it through the debugger
If you don't understand something related to your given task, find a course on Udemy or another similar platform and go through it within a couple of days/weekend. If you're pressed on time, focus on the areas that are related to the task at hand.
Depending on your task, you can build something similar in an isolated application. For instance, if you need to introduce the React Context API, you can just watch related videos/articles/documentation and experiment with an isolated project that you build from the ground up and focus on that feature.
Set goals for yourself. Create a checklist if you have to and work off of that. If your task is due by the end of the week, spend a couple of days/nights experimenting with something related. You don't have to be working on the application all the time. The point is to get the task done by the due date. Make sure you set due dates.