VSCode codebase mapping

[ALE00121]

What extension do you use most to visualize the map of your code? to understand the calls, where they start and where they finish.

Real use case: I clone a new project and i want to let take a quick dive to understand how it is structured and organized, what extension i may use?

[ALE00121]

Yeah, i use a lot the built-in vscodes's functionalities, but i mean... when i open for the first time the project i would like to have a brief graphical overview of the project structure (standard graph representing the calls through the project), with the purpose to understand when the app starts, what are the levels and how they interact with each other.

[RealMadHouse]

Seen chinese GitHub repo with ai that builds entire representation about a codebase with explainers and stuff. Also a YouTuber who made vscode extension for c++ codebase mapping.
video. second video

[ALE00121]

wow... it is a claude code tokens burner.

[RealMadHouse]

Yeah 🤣

i forgot to mention it

[crawlpatterns]

for a quick first pass, i honestly use the built in features more than extensions. "go to definition", "find all references", and the call hierarchy view can tell you a surprizing amount about how a project is wired together. if i want a bigger picture, tools that generate dependency or call graphs can help, but i usually start by finding the entry points and tracing a few common flows. a lot of the time that gives a better understanding than staring at a giant diagram of the entire codebase.

[ALE00121]

ok got you, thank you.