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Sergey Sova
Sergey Sova

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Application structure

I split my source code on features/, ui/ and pages/.

Logic can be only in the pages/ and features/.

Example:

▸ — the icon of collapse directory tree

src/
  api/▸
  features/▸
  lib/▸
  pages/▸
  ui/▸
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1. Feature structure:

src/
  features/
    account/▸
    editor/▸
    settings/▸
    users/
      atoms/
        index.js
        avatar.js
      lib/
        lib-name/
          index.js
          test.js
          readme.md
      models/▸
      molecules/▸
      organisms/▸
      templates/▸
      index.js
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Feature — it is useful functionality for users or it is a suite of entities that are united by one idea. For example users, text-editor, accounts, and articles.

Feature cannot be grouped by type, it should not be too abstract. Examples how not to do: roles, forms, validate.

  1. Every feature must have the same structure.
  2. users, account, ... — the arbitrary name of the feature in kebab-case.
  3. The feature's content may be received only from index.js.
  4. Every section can only be created if it has content inside.
  • lib/ it is inner library of feature. It must have tests and documentation.
  • index.js for re-export necessary elements outside.
  • models/effector models.

1.1 Atomic in Feature

atoms, molecules, organisms, templatesatomic design, feature's components.

If every component assumes many files in such case you should create (.test, .story, .md, ...):

feature/
  users/
    atoms/▸
    molecules/
      personal-apply/▸
      user-card/
        index.js
        story.js
        test.js
        readme.md
    organisms/▸
    templates/▸
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No need of directories if you don't have many files. Important, that in range of feature all look the same.

feature/
  settings/
    atoms/▸
    molecules/▸
    organisms/
      monitoring-editor.js
      monitoring-editor.test.js
      marketplace.js
      marketplace.test.js
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2. Page's structure:

src/
  pages/
    post/
      model.js
      page.js
    posts/
      create/▸
      edit/▸
    auth/
      login/▸
      register/
        model.js
        page.js
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  1. Page's nesting must map routing of true url.
  2. There is source code of component in page.js
  3. There is uniq logic of the page in model.js
  4. There is any common logic in library code src/lib/lib-name/

Examples:

src/
  pages/
    post/
      page.js
      model.js
    repo/
      view/
        pulls/▸
        issues/
          view/
            page.js
            model.js
        page.js
        model.js
    index.js
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  • Page of blog post
    • file: src/pages/post/page.js
    • route: /post/:postSlug (or /:postSlug)
    • example: /post/effector-model
  • Viewer of repository issue
    • file: src/pages/repo/view/issues/view/page.js
    • route: /repo/:repoSlug/issues/:issueId
    • example: /repo/effector/issues/5

3. UI structure:

src/
  ui/
    atoms/
      index.js
      component-name/
        index.js
        readme.js
        story.js
        test.js
    molecules/▸
    organisms/▸
    templates/▸
    index.js
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  1. Atomic Design
  2. All UI are building blocks that allow to the creation of any feature.
  3. UI must be disconnected from any global stores.
  4. Components must be maximally reusable and independent of context (not React Context API).

Translated by Murgut

original article was wrote at 2019

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