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Self-similar: a versatile folder pattern for code

DEV Community·Jonathan·26 days ago
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“The word 'isomorphism' applies when two complex structures can be mapped onto each other, in such a way that to each part of one structure there is a corresponding part in the other structure, where "corresponding" means that the two part play similar roles in their respective structures.” – Douglas HOFSTADTER Gödel, Escher, Bach • Meaning and Form in Mathematics • pp. 57 I've seen various trends come and go in code folder and file structure. The two big ones in the front-end space seem to have been: Function-focussed. 📁 controllers 📁 views 📁 models etc... Feature-focussed. 📁 posts 📁 comments 📁 likes etc... There have been various efforts to combine them, such as the feature-sliced design . For example, we can have: 📁 posts 📁 controllers 📄 list.ts 📄 detail.ts 📄 create.ts 📄 delete.ts 📁 views 📄 list.tsx 📄 detail.tsx 📄 create.tsx 📄 deleted-message.tsx 📁 models 📄 post.ts 📁 comments 📁 controllers ... 📁 views ... 📁 models ... 📁 likes ... Overall I like the above strategy.…

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