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Definitions

• Code search - Essential task for all developers to quickly find, understand, and change all of the code that they are responsible for. Includes the activities of code discovery, code intelligence, and code change management.
• Code navigation - Guided traveling to find specific code via ad-hoc query (enables code discovery and exploration)
• Code exploration - Find both known and unknown code, with code intelligence providing the contextual understanding
• Code discovery - Navigate, explore, and understand the code you are looking for, even if you didn’t know it existed
• Code intelligence - Display and share additional contextual information around code (allows code reviews with context)
• Batch Changes - Make large-scale code changes

The way the world creates code has shifted. We’ve entered the era of Big Code.

Big Code is all about how code is growing in:

What problems does Sourcegraph Code Search solve?

• Volume – exponential increases in the amount of code
• Variety – more complexity in the languages, tools, and processes for delivering software
• Velocity – accelerated delivery cycles that mean code is changing faster and being shipped virtually every minute
• Value – the reimagination of business models and practices through high-quality software

This digital transformation led to countless innovations that improve the lives of people all over the world. But it’s been hard on developers.

With increased complexity, developers still need to efficiently write and make changes to their enterprise’s code, while meeting tight deadlines and stringent quality and security requirements.

Sub-optimal developer productivity in the era of Big Code is a losing proposition for any company. Development delays mean late releases, poor quality, frustrated teams, unhappy customers, and uncompetitive products.

Google and Facebook were among the first to begin addressing this problem, investing hundreds of millions of dollars in their customized, proprietary code search infrastructure for internal use.

But what about everybody else?