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At my current company, the project I work on is coded in Java, at least for the systems / backend part. Whenever I get assigned a task dealing with the Java code, it take me hours or even days to figure everything out and apply my solutions. The reasons are:

  1. Very large Java EE code base

  2. A lot of abstraction

  3. Get lost in figuring out all the abstractions such as methods thencreated by past developers then i often spiral down a hole where i think of something else and forget my original solution etc.

My work environment is agile and I am expected to deliver quickly, but as a fairly new member of the company and a huge code base that was built before i joined, it is difficult for me to meet “agile” timing.

How is one supposed to deal with such a huge code base where nearly every single line/function leads to another abstraction and within those are even more abstractions in a timely manner?

Edit: I know I can ask my peerscolleagues but at the same time i do not want to be constantly bothering them since problem solving is part of my job

At my current company, the project I work on is coded in Java, at least for the systems / backend part. Whenever I get assigned a task dealing with the Java code, it take me hours or even days to figure everything out and apply my solutions. The reasons are:

  1. Very large Java EE code base

  2. A lot of abstraction

  3. Get lost in figuring out all the abstractions such as methods then i often spiral down a hole where i think of something else and forget my original solution etc.

My work environment is agile and I am expected to deliver quickly, but as a fairly new member of the company and a huge code base that was built before i joined, it is difficult for me to meet “agile” timing.

How is one supposed to deal with such a huge code base where nearly every single line/function leads to another abstraction and within those are even more abstractions in a timely manner?

Edit: I know I can ask my peers but at the same time i do not want to be constantly bothering them since problem solving is part of my job

At my current company, the project I work on is coded in Java, at least for the systems / backend part. Whenever I get assigned a task dealing with the Java code, it take me hours or even days to figure everything out and apply my solutions. The reasons are:

  1. Very large Java EE code base

  2. A lot of abstraction

  3. Get lost in figuring out all the abstractions such as methods created by past developers then i often spiral down a hole where i think of something else and forget my original solution etc.

My work environment is agile and I am expected to deliver quickly, but as a fairly new member of the company and a huge code base that was built before i joined, it is difficult for me to meet “agile” timing.

How is one supposed to deal with such a huge code base where nearly every single line/function leads to another abstraction and within those are even more abstractions in a timely manner?

Edit: I know I can ask my colleagues but at the same time i do not want to be constantly bothering them since problem solving is part of my job

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Dealing with large code base quickly in agile

At my current company, the project I work on is coded in Java, at least for the systems / backend part. Whenever I get assigned a task dealing with the Java code, it take me hours or even days to figure everything out and apply my solutions. The reasons are:

  1. Very large Java EE code base

  2. A lot of abstraction

  3. Get lost in figuring out all the abstractions such as methods then i often spiral down a hole where i think of something else and forget my original solution etc.

My work environment is agile and I am expected to deliver quickly, but as a fairly new member of the company and a huge code base that was built before i joined, it is difficult for me to meet “agile” timing.

How is one supposed to deal with such a huge code base where nearly every single line/function leads to another abstraction and within those are even more abstractions in a timely manner?

Edit: I know I can ask my peers but at the same time i do not want to be constantly bothering them since problem solving is part of my job