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Vikas Singh
Vikas Singh

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How to understand large Golang codebase

  • Check go.mod and go.sum. These files contain dependecies and module version

  • Understand the folder structure.

  • Understand common directories like
    cmd/: entry points
    pkg/: reusable packages
    api/ models/ services/

  • Trace execution flow: start from main.go and then follow initialisatio
    logic, dependency injection if used, routing,

  • Read tests like _test.go

  • Use tools like sourcegraph to visualize dependencies.

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