[dudeget]

other than style what else do you look for when you check out a code base?

[liquidcool]

Depends on the job. Some considerations:

- your intent: playing around to learn, creating something serious, contributing to OSS, etc.

- how far you got

- who is using it?

- solo or collaboration

- how production ready is this?

I suppose you could sum that up with one question: "Where is this on the spectrum between homework and a real product?"

This falls into the topic of side projects, and I wrote about that in detail here:

http://www.madeupname.com/truth-about-side-projects/