How should I start Reading code?

Or how to get better at hacking?

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Reading code is a hard skill to inculcate. I just realized this just recently when I had to look at every sort of code be it C+ +, PHP, Java or Python. And I was really amazed how people around me were able to navigate such vast and diverse code bases. Did they really understand all these programming languages? Everyone around me was giving me code pointers as to where to look and where to change code.

And then a particular thing hit me. It’s not that they really understand much about a particular coding language, it is just that they had gotten better at debugging these languages by reading the test plans.

So, how does one really get better at reading code?

By debugging it . I mean really. I learned so much about PHP and C+ + just by debugging it. And now I am really writing pretty long C+ + Codes. Actually, No. I am copy pasting large C+ + codes for my use case and making the required changes. But the thing to note is that I am not blocked anymore. …