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I have two key points to understand any large codebase:
With both done, you should already be comfortable enough to start modifying the application.
I cannot stress enough how many developers I've seen trying to dig into random parts of the code knowing nothing where or how it all begins, making it super-problematic to add new features. Yeah they can fix a bug or two, but the biggest issues start when they try to implement something new.