⌨ 3 IDE Shortcuts I Use Daily

Learn to navigate codebases with ease.

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Sammy Tran
August 28, 2024

Welcome to the second issue of the Software Mastery newsletter.

In this issue, I want to share three shortcuts you should be aware of when navigating large codebases as a software engineer:

  1. Search for a file by name.

  2. Search for a string in your codebase.

  3. Jump to declaration (and back).

Whether you're new to a codebase or an expert, these shortcuts will make you more productive at finding what you’re looking for.

Since I primarily use IntelliJ, my examples will be for this IDE. However, all the mentioned shortcuts should also be available in other IDEs.

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