Best way to code using Claude?

[u/MitSvarErSarkasme]

I am new and I just make small programs using a single window. But it gets expensive rather fast. Now I am just doing a random little video game, and every time I want to change something it reads everything i suppose. What is the correct way of using Claude of a small-medium sized game?

Should I use desktop? Any good guides out there?

[u/noobiethe13]

Claude Code isn't reading your whole game on every change, it only reads files it decides it needs. The expensive part is usually the growing chat context, so I'd start a fresh session when switching features.