As a consultant, I’ve looked over a shitload (how many? probably ~150-200) over the last 12 1/2 years in the Ruby on Rails community. I haven’t worked on most of them, but I do get invited to look over, review, audit, and provide feedback on a lot of those.
Over on the Planet Argon blog I’ve shared my quick hit list of a few initial things that I look for when looking over an existing code base.
Hello, my name is Robby Russell. This blog was started back in March of 2005, a few months after I joined the Ruby on Rails community. Most of the technical content on this site is based on earlier versions...so be gentle on me if the solutions don't work as efficiently as they did a decade ago.
These days, I spend my time working on Oh My Zsh and running Planet Argon, a web design and development agency based in Portland, Oregon USA. If you're looking for help with your project, drop us a line.
