RailsConf 2014 - Reading Code Good by Saron Yitbarek

As a new programmer, everyone tells you to build. But just as important is reading. Reading code is a powerful exercise - dissecting the source code of gems and libraries used in Rails offers the opportunity to examine patterns and design choices, while building confidence in new developers. But good code reading isn't as simple as scanning the source. The concrete guidelines outlined in this talk can maximize the benefits of your future code reading sessions and help you grow as a developer.

Hacker-in-Residence at the New York Tech Meetup. Graduate of the Flatiron School.

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[borndbad]

Perfect talk: clear message, clear slides, highly rehearsed and charismatic speaker(!!) and, most importantly, VERY interesting! 

[karlentwistle]

Cool talk, motivated me to find some more code to read!

Tip: If your project is using bundler you can type 'bundle open *gemname*' to read the code in your text editor. i.e. 'bundle open activesupport'

[brenoingwersen]

9 years later this video still makes so much sense even if you're not from Ruby background (I'm from Python myself). I'm so eagered to find people online willing to start a code club.

[KeithMascarenhas]

Any tips from the others watching this on what code-bases/gems to start reading first?