How to view the source code of open source projects?

Question

IT education

For example, I want to see how this or that open source library or framework is written or how it works under the hood, for example, take react, go to github and find react, and what's next? After all, there are a lot of files in the repository, a lot of folders, how to understand where to go, which folder, which file, etc.?

Answer 1

The structure of the code may differ from project to project.
In general, there is a src or lib folder containing the application/library code and all sorts of side resources in other files (README, images, configs, etc.). Very often, the README.md file describes the process of building a project - what commands to execute, etc. - or there is a link to a similar document, for example, CONTRIBUTING.md. Sometimes the structure of directories and what modules are in them are explained. You need to get out of there. I think.

Answer 2

You just need to know the language and tools. If you understand how libraries in your language work and are written, then it is immediately obvious where to go and what to look at.