Re: New subscriber - looking for an overview of the code

On Sat, Mar 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM Lateef Sagar <lateef_sagar(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello devs,
> I am a coding enthusiast. I have downloaded code in a Ubuntu VMWare
> machine and I am able to compile the code.
>
> I am looking for a course / site that can give me an overview of the code
> like:
> 1. How is the code organized and which file/folder has these components?
> * Core RDBMS engine components,
> * additional DB components,
> * DB Rule based security components
> * DB Storage components
> * Index storage
>

There's probably something like that, offered by someone out on the
internet.

I'd suggest you start with the official information, as described in the
documentation:

https://www.postgresql.org/developer/
https://www.postgresql.org/developer/coding/
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Development_information
https://github.com/postgres/postgres/tree/master/src

Several prominent Postgres hackers provide guidance on a discord server:
https://discord.gg/9meuMTdt

Roberto