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by avery42
2125 days ago
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This looks cool! Pricing looks reasonable. My main piece of feedback is that it's still a bit difficult to tell what this does, and more specifically how it solves the problem of understanding a codebase. For example, how well does it understand my code (does it use language servers?), are there any views other than the tree, can I jump into a file and choose a function, etc Even if I download it to try it out, the 100 function limit on the free plan seems like it would be quite limiting to trying the tool as part of my workflow (I think a codebase that I have difficulty navigating tends to be larger than that). The tool is cheap enough that I wouldn't mind skipping the free plan entirely, but it doesn't seem like there's a way to purchase just one month. One question about the performance side, is the app native, and how massive of a codebase can it handle while staying snappy? |
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- You nailed it, Codemap uses language servers (Typescript for TS/JS, Jedi for Python) to understand the code.
- Tree view is currently the only layout that's available. If you have any thoughts on this please let me know!
- It doesn't support jumping into a file a choose a function, but it supports a few interactions that may be as useful. A few examples are: 1. zoom in/out, either horizontally or vertically 2. limit render scope by folder and files (useful to keep performance up and avoid cluttering) 3. showing only nodes that are upstream or downstream of a particular function (useful for tracing the scope of impact) 4. quick code preview for node (function definition) or edge (function call)
- You're right, the 100 function limit is a little harsh. The goal is for people to try out the tool with a few files and get a taste of it. The price is pretty affordable though, as I want Codemap to serve the global programmers.
- There's currently no option to purchase just one month, but I'd definitely consider it!
- This is an Electron app (please don't scream :p) with the goal of market verification and gathering early feedbacks. If this app solicits enough interest, I'll seriously consider re-building a native app. That said, from my experience Codemap remains snappy up to 2000 functions that are moderately interconnected, at which point the issue of cluttering outweighs its slowness, and limiting the rendering scope (folders/files) becomes necessary.
Again, thanks for the thorough feedback! Let me know if you have more questions.