My first change in a massive open source CPython codebase

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In this video, I shared my process for navigating huge open-source codebases using C Python as an example. I demonstrated how to find the starting point by locating the main function, understanding conditional compilation for different platforms, and making simple code changes like adding a printf statement. By following these steps, you can gain confidence in exploring and contributing to complex codebases. Navigating through large codebases may seem daunting at first, but with time and persistence, you can build familiarity and make meaningful contributions.
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[@biswajit-k]

Your videos are unique in the sense that you cover topics that are essential but rarely covered by anyone. Thanks for the tutorial!

[@vikasbhutra9400]

Thank Arpit for creating video on OpenSource. I feel every developer should contribute to open source so that they can understand industry level coding standard and also understand how production level code looks like !!

[@MalkeetSingh-vm8mq]

Why this video hasn’t crossed 1M views yet. This is a goldmine.

[@navjotsingh6930]

Excellent! I haven't seen such a great video yet.

[@yusufmirkar6508]

we can also use "match whole word" for "main" 04:48

[@Aditi12033]

Hi Arpit, requesting more videos on Open source playlist contribution

[@viktoreidrien7110]

Thank you man, so much. Keep coming more important topics as usual please!!

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came here from twitter

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Came here from here

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[@og_prakash]

great video sir!!!!

[@NoName-lz6bc]

Hey any video /video series to explore huge code bases with a pro???

[@AmitCodes]

Awesome bro

[@jessica-mx5pw]

Thank you!!! Really liked the points you made :)

[@abhis3kh]

Really interesting. Could you make video on git explaining the architecture as your explanation is really helpful. Thank you !

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Make in golang too like how to find , different scopes like Devonshire, backend, block chain, ai,ml,etc

[@sgfanpage9440]

Thanks

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can you make videos on Elastic search

[@ur_dost]

Very clearly explained.

[@anupampandey3758]

Thanks, what are some good open-source projects that you recommend?

[@Piyush_Soni]

Can you help me with the setup for it?

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Nice video, systematic approach From Twitter 😀❤️

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Thanks man!

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Great video!!

[@umeshupadhyay5081]

Great sir

[@ehza]

Thanks man

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Thanks you, this type of content is really Awesome.

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love your Videos Arpit! Could you tell me what software you use to make your videoes?

[@AsliEngineering]

OBS

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[@code-master]

kuch bhi chal raha hai youtube pe aaj kal.

[@ShivaniSingh-sf3mv]

hey arpit, always loved your content. And fan of your concurrent programming series. Also today's video is great. Hope you make such live coding video session more in future too. All the best!

[@TheCuriousCurator-Hindi]

Can you cover how to test the changes in large codebases. I am an applied scientist and struggle with this aspect. I don't know where. Then when I learn where I don't know how to test. Specially is codebases with millions of lines of code with multiple repositories which eventually is a large consumer product.

[@AsliEngineering]

This is highly specific to the codebase at hand. There is no one way to look at it.

[@TheCuriousCurator-Hindi]

@@AsliEngineering show me a way of not the way. 😅

[@bhavneetsingh9811]

Amazing !!

[@harshil1466]

This was so needef

[@Piyushraj0]

It always looks scary at first. Thank you

[@nitinchaudhary9734]

Love it ❤

[@pritomspeaks]

One more thing to add in my humble opinion is try to find out important classes and not get into a rabbit hole in helpers and utilities. Execute test cases, reading test cases gives a lot of information of any module

[@sourabhsingh5286]

Thanks Buddy, very helpful 🙌

[@vikranttyagiRN]

Man you are a legend. Thanks for showing it.

[@kiranchowdary8100]

please continue this series

[@AsliEngineering]

I have a CPython series already. Actually there are two on my channel. Go through them, there are some amazing concepts.

[@kiranchowdary8100]

@@AsliEngineering sure sir ,thanks for the reply

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C and Python 👌🏻❤️

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This is cool. Thanks a lot !

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Interesting

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which vs code theme is this ?

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