Tell me more ×  Possible Duplicate: How do you dive into large
code bases?  I've been in this situation before and I kind of
just poke around the code while really surfing the internet. I
care about this job though, and I want to excel. What kinds of
things should I look for? How should I go about starting to
learn the framework? In my experience, I learn by doing - but
clearly they expect something out of me or they wouldn't give me
this week to figure out the code.  share|improve this question
Did you ask THEM?? –  PhD Aug 5 '11 at 18:12 Start working on
test cases to figure out the framework. Get your self ready for
when the task comes you shouldn't be spending time looking up
the framework docs. –  Shef Aug 5 '11 at 18:13 Similar thing
happened to me once: maybe it's purely anecdotal but this sort
of thing seems to happen more in the summer when more people are
on vacation... –  FrustratedWithFormsDesigner Aug 5 '11 at 18:27
Totally normal. You're supposed to look at the code, figure out
what frameworks t