How to read code written by other people
Examples of tools
(also good for code you wrote yourself more than a week ago)
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Examples of tools
(also good for code you wrote yourself more than a week ago)
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(1/9) Code beautifiers
Sometimes, simply putting the right indents, line breaks, and highlighting variables can go a long way toward making your code more readable.
#javascript beautifier.io
#php beautifytools.com/php-beautifier…
#python tutorialspoint.com/online_python_…
Sometimes, simply putting the right indents, line breaks, and highlighting variables can go a long way toward making your code more readable.
#javascript beautifier.io
#php beautifytools.com/php-beautifier…
#python tutorialspoint.com/online_python_…
(2/9) Deobfuscators
Sometimes developers purposely make code unreadable with special tools - obfuscators (especially often in websites)
In such cases it is possible to use deobfuscators.
#javascript lelinhtinh.github.io/de4js/
#java javadeobfuscator.com
Sometimes developers purposely make code unreadable with special tools - obfuscators (especially often in websites)
In such cases it is possible to use deobfuscators.
#javascript lelinhtinh.github.io/de4js/
#java javadeobfuscator.com
(3/9) Code explainers
This type of service simply translates code in a programming language into ordinary english language (in as much detail as possible)
Ex: explaincode.app
This type of service simply translates code in a programming language into ordinary english language (in as much detail as possible)
Ex: explaincode.app
(4/9) "Code to flow chart"
Sometimes there are too many conditional statements in the code, so only a flowchart generator can help.
Ex: app.code2flow.com
Sometimes there are too many conditional statements in the code, so only a flowchart generator can help.
Ex: app.code2flow.com
(5/9) Code review tools
This type of tool will help identify the roughest code problems (like excessive complexity or large number of duplicates) to make it better as quickly as possible.
Ex (free for #opensource projects): codebeat.co deepsource.io
This type of tool will help identify the roughest code problems (like excessive complexity or large number of duplicates) to make it better as quickly as possible.
Ex (free for #opensource projects): codebeat.co deepsource.io
(6/9) "Code hint tools"
This type of tool just looks for syntax errors and various inconsistencies with technological standards in the code.
Ex: jshint.com
webhint.io
This type of tool just looks for syntax errors and various inconsistencies with technological standards in the code.
Ex: jshint.com
webhint.io
(5/9) Code review tools
This type of tool will help identify the roughest code problems (like excessive complexity or large number of duplicates) to make it better as quickly as possible.
Ex (free for #opensource projects): codebeat.co deepsource.io
This type of tool will help identify the roughest code problems (like excessive complexity or large number of duplicates) to make it better as quickly as possible.
Ex (free for #opensource projects): codebeat.co deepsource.io
(6/9) "Code hint tools"
This type of tool just looks for syntax errors and various inconsistencies with technological standards in the code.
Ex: jshint.com
webhint.io
This type of tool just looks for syntax errors and various inconsistencies with technological standards in the code.
Ex: jshint.com
webhint.io
(7/9) Online comments generators
These tools work much more crudely than Code Explanation or Code Hint, but they all help you quickly figure out which function/method is responsible for what.
#javascript smartcomments.github.io
#python pypi.org/project/docly/
These tools work much more crudely than Code Explanation or Code Hint, but they all help you quickly figure out which function/method is responsible for what.
#javascript smartcomments.github.io
#python pypi.org/project/docly/
(8/9) Compare two files
The automatic comparison comes in handy when you want to find differences between two different versions of code.
Files: w3docs.com/tools/code-dif…
Folders: devart.com/codecompare/
The automatic comparison comes in handy when you want to find differences between two different versions of code.
Files: w3docs.com/tools/code-dif…
Folders: devart.com/codecompare/
(9/9) Regular expression
If you need to find emails, nicknames or other "juicy" info in source code, you can use Regexp (there is no need to review their syntax, there are plenty of templates on the Internet)
Online: regexr.com
CLI: github.com/cipher387/grep…
If you need to find emails, nicknames or other "juicy" info in source code, you can use Regexp (there is no need to review their syntax, there are plenty of templates on the Internet)
Online: regexr.com
CLI: github.com/cipher387/grep…
In conclusion I would like to note once again that this article simply gives examples. All in all there are thousands of tools for automatic analysis of source code which combine various functions. Here is an example of such for #javascript:
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