"Read the source code" should be on the list (if you have access to the code in question).
Among other things, this empowers you to fix problems in the code you are using, rather than just work around them in your own code. Reading the code is the first step toward contributing.
Reading unfamiliar code may be hard at first, but each time you do it, you understand the system better. Eventually you may know the third-party code as well as your own code.
Among other things, this empowers you to fix problems in the code you are using, rather than just work around them in your own code. Reading the code is the first step toward contributing.
Reading unfamiliar code may be hard at first, but each time you do it, you understand the system better. Eventually you may know the third-party code as well as your own code.