I fork a lot of open source project and codes,but I don't know how to read and absorb the codes

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Is there someone has any idea on reading the open source codes, for example linux,git.Or you know the project whose source code easy to understand and reading.
I really want to improve my coding skills by reading the codes written by the excellent programer.
I think some of you take this way when you are not so outstanding.

Posted 20-Jul-13 8:07am

godsolio

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[no name] 20-Jul-13 14:42pm

It is highly unlikely that you will improve your coding skills by just reading other peoples code. You need to write code, and a lot of it, to improve your coding skills.

godsolio 21-Jul-13 0:26am

yeah, I'm a normal developer of C/C#/php, and build some ordinary application.Now I'm stuck in bottleneck,I want to expand my development skills

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-20T09:52:00

No, you improve by learning, and using your skills. Grabbing existing code and looking at it is not a good way to learn for a variety of reasons.
It may not be good code! It's open source, which means that anyone can write it...
Even if it is good code, there is no guarantee that it is anything that you can understand. Unless you have the basics down and solid, the code may well Chinatown things that you have never met, and aren't ready to understand until your experience is lot higher.

Get a book, or a course, and follow it from start to end, doing all the exercises. That way you will meet the concepts in a logical and sensible order.